Con Sullivan (footballer)

{{Short description|English footballer (1928–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Con Sullivan

| fullname = Cornelius Sullivan

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1928|9|22}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| death_date = 14 April 2022 (aged 93)

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1950–1953 | clubs1 = Bristol City | caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1953–1958 | clubs2 = Arsenal | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 0

| totalcaps = 101 | totalgoals = 0

}}

Cornelius Sullivan (22 August 1928 – 14 April 2022) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal and Bristol City.{{cite web|title=Con Sullivan|url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/663/con-sullivan|website=Arsenal F.C|accessdate=1 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094335/http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/663/con-sullivan|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

Sullivan is arguably most notable for his part in a memorable own goal scored by team-mate Dennis Evans in a game against Blackpool in December 1955. With Arsenal winning 4–0, Sullivan and Evans heard what they thought was the final whistle, and while Sullivan turned to retrieve his cap, Evans kicked the ball past him into his own net. The whistle had in fact come from the crowd, and Evans' own goal counted; the match finished 4–1.{{cite web |title=12 footballers who scored (or threatened) deliberate own goals - and why |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/12-footballers-who-scored-or-threatened-deliberate-own-goals-and-why |website=FourFourTwo |publisher=FourFourTwo |date=27 February 2017 |accessdate=29 October 2020}}

Sullivan died in April 2022, at the age of 93.{{cite news |title=Con Sullivan: 1928–2022 |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/con-sullivan-1928-2022/ |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=Bristol City Football Club |date=14 April 2022}}