Jimmy Sullivan (footballer)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jimmy Sullivan

| image = Jimmy Sullivan 1925.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = James Andrew Sullivan

| birth_date = 8 April 1896

| birth_place = Maryborough

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|5|1|1896|4|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Brunswick West, Victoria

| originalteam = Williamstown juniors, Maryborough

| height = 168 cm

| weight = 58 kg

| position = Winger, half-forward flank

| statsend = 1925

| repstatsend = 1923

| years1 = 1918–1925

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 90 (20)

| years2 = 1925

| club2 = Melbourne

| games_goals2 = {{0}}6 {{0}}(0)

| games_goalstotal = 96 (20)

| sooyears1 = 1920, 1923

| sooteam1 = Victoria

| soogames_goals1 = 2

| careerhighlights =

}}

James Andrew Sullivan (8 April 1896 – 1 May 1983){{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---s |title=Past Player Profiles – S (Sullivan, James A) |publisher=essendonfc.com.au |accessdate=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706141857/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---s |archivedate= 6 July 2015 }} was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sullivan was one of the small players in the Essendon team of the 1920s which earned them the nickname "mosquito fleet". A wingman of considerable pace, he vice captained Essendon in 1923 but was not selected in premiership side that year. He did however become a premiership player the following season in the league's new round robin finals format before finishing his career with a stint at Melbourne.