[2] He made his only senior appearance for Hawthorn in 1986, a premiership year.
[3] The St Kevins recruit played in Hawthorn's three point win over North Melbourne at the MCG in round two.
[3] He played five games for Essendon the following year, all in the second half of the season, then appeared in the first five rounds in 1988.
[3] In March 1989, just before the beginning of the season, Sullivan lost his place on the Essendon list,[4] and he signed for VFA club Camberwell.
[5] He kicked 26 goals in a game for NSW club Blighty, against the Deniliquin Rovers, in the 1999 Picola & District Football League season.