John Sullivan (defensive back)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 38, 33, 43

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|15}}

| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 196

| high_school = Abraham Lincoln {{nowrap|(San Francisco, California)}}

| college = California

| suppdraftyear = 1984

| suppdraftround = 3

| suppdraftpick = 72

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 16

| pfr = SullJo22

}}

John Lloyd Sullivan (born November 15, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears.

Biography

Sullivan was born on November 15, 1961, in Hartford, Connecticut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SullJo22.htm|title = John Sullivan Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}

Career

After playing with the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League, Sullivan was drafted in the third round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players by the Green Bay Packers.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He would later split the 1986 NFL season with the Packers and the San Diego Chargers. The following season, he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

He played at the collegiate level at the University of California, Berkeley.

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