Thomas Talbot Sullivan (September 14, 1892 – November 30, 1958) was an

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

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in 1916,

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from 1919 to 1920, and St. Lawrence University from 1925 to 1937. Sullivan played

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as an

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. He also coached

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at St. Lawrence. Sullivan returned to his alma mater, Colgate, in 1921 as an assistant football coach under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr. He died on November 30, 1958, at Massena Memorial Hospital in

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, after suffering a heart attack.

Head coaching record

Football

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