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Jim Sullivan  Wigan 1921-1946
Jim Sullivan Wigan 1921-1946
Photo: r charnock
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Item #: 13169
Wigan won League Championships in 1934. Newspaper photo.Sullivan with the trophy.

Comment by: Scholes Malc on 15th January 2010 at 16:21

A magnificent playing career spanning three decades from 1921-1945
Holds three Wigan career records which I am sure will never be beaten - Most appearances 774, most goals 2317 & most points 4883. What a record. My dad used to tell me this fellow could kick the old style leather ball 50 yards no problem; and a gentleman as well. What price a ‘Sully’ today?

Comment by: Keith Bowen on 16th January 2010 at 15:09

My father played in the same team as Jim. No doubt about it Jim was a phenomena of his age. Jim was a prodigious kicker but also amazingly accurate. My father tells the story of Jim asking him during training to stand on the touchline at the halfway line while Jim kicked the ball "out of hand" from under the posts. Time and again my father told me he would not have to move more than a yard either way, as the ball soared into the air, before dad caught it.

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