James Henry Sullivan (14 November 1904 – May 1974) was an English professional association footballer who played as a centre forward.
As an amateur centre-forward Jimmy Sullivan scored 23 goals for Barrow Reserves, which led to him entering League football with Crewe Alexandra.
He was in the final stages of his college course when he joined Notts County and upon qualifying took up a teaching post at Southwark Street School.
One week later he netted a hat-trick against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns to earn the Magpies a share of the points after they had been three goals down inside a quarter of an hour.
Sullivan had scored seven goals in nine matches and one is left with a feeling that the season's outcome might well have been different had their sharp-shooting schoolteacher steered clear of injury.