Death Of Noted New Zealand Rowing Coach; Tom Sullivan
Mr Tom Sullivan, whose death was reported from Vienna last week, was born in Auckland 83 years ago and won fame as a rower in New Zealand when a member of a Wellington crew which won the New Zealand championship fours in 1889, 1890 and 1891. He was the last professional to coach the Oxford crew for the University boat race.
In 1903 Sullivan went to England, where he won the championship sculls on the Thames. In 1913 he was appointed coach to the Berliner Ruder Club, Berlin. He was interned in the First World War and later coached the Amstel Club in Amsterdam.
Under Sullivan’s care the Berliner Club won 254 first-class races, including the German sculls and double sculls, five times each, and the eights.
The German crew, when coached by Sullivan, won the fours at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1932.
In his younger days he was more than an average footballer and represented Wellington against Stoddart's team in 1888.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 26 July 1949, Page 4
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