Michael O'Sullivan (born 5 April 1962) is a former

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er who played with

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and

Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington United Kin ...

in the

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(VFL). O'Sullivan, a left-footer, was originally from

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and went to Assumption College. He was a member of Melbourne's Under 19s premiership winning team in 1981. He had a strong first season with Melbourne, in 1982, when he played in all 22 rounds and amassed 314 kicks, the second most at the club behind

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, the only other player not to miss a game that year.AFL Tables: Michael OSullivan
/ref> In the opening round of the 1983 season, against Collingwood, O'Sullivan badly injured his shoulder. A staple that had been inserted into his shoulder during his Under 19s career had broken and as a result he missed the rest of the season. O'Sullivan was unlucky again in 1984, missing the second half of the season after breaking his jaw in Melbourne's round 10 win over

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. He played 18 games in 1985, but only five in 1986 and didn't play senior football in 1987. His only appearance for Essendon came in round 19, 1988, against

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. O'Sullivan coached Seymour in the 1992

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season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:OSullivan, Michael 1962 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Seymour Football Club players Living people People educated at Assumption College, Kilmore