Jerry Sullivan was a journeyman player who wore the uniform of 27 teams during his 16 pro seasons. Sullivan’s travels were partly due to the vagabond nature of pro basketball in the 1920’s and partly to do with his contentious, overheated personality.  In 1919-20, his first full pro season, Sullivan left the New York State League Albany club in a dispute over his salary and his disagreements with teammates. Veteran stars Barney Sedran and Marty Freidman had quickly soured on the petulant youngster despite his obvious talent. In the early twenties, while playing for Gloversville in the NYSL and Greenpoint in the Metropolitan League, Sullivan established himself as a troublesome, but still valued performer. Sullivan was never fast, but he used toughness, guile and a muscular body to make himself into one of the best defenders in the pro game. Sullivan’s longest stretch with any team was a three and half-year stint (1923-26) with Greenpoint that culminated in the 1926 MBL title. The next season, Sullivan joined Baltimore of the American Basketball League. He remained in the ABL for three more seasons with stops in Chicago, Trenten, Syracuse and Paterson.

 

JERRY SULLIVAN		Height:	6:02		Weight:		200		College:		None
Jerry Daniel Sullivan		Born: Jun 5, 1896			Died: Mar 17, 1972				Hometown:		New York, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1916-17	New York	IBL	10	10	10				30	3.0
1917-19	Military Service
1919-20	Albany–Pittsfield–Gloversville	NYSL	31	42	52				136	4.4
1919-20	Paterson	IBL	1	1	0				2	2.0
1919-20	Springfield	IL	12	17	5				39	3.3
1919-20	Brooklyn Big Atlantics	Indep
1919-20	New York  MacDowell Lyceum	Indep
1920-21	Gloversville	NYSL	40	58	102				218	5.5
1920-21	Hartford/Turners Falls–Westfield	IL	13	21	30				72	5.5
1921-22	Gloversville–Kingston	NYSL	26	44	80				168	6.5
1921-22	New York MacDowell	MBL	17	24	39				87	5.1
1921-22	Westfield–Ware	IL	13	31	30				92	7.1
1921-22	Mt.Vernon Armory Big Five	Indep	16	42	17				101	6.3
1922-23	Troy-Amsterdam	NYSL	31	43	90				176	5.7
1922-23	Paterson–New York MacDowell	MBL	20	36	53				125	6.3
1923-24	Amsterdam–Utica–Mohawk	NYSL	12	13	40				66	5.5
1923-24	Greenpoint	MBL	21	22	64				108	5.1
1924-25	Greenpoint	MBL	37	33	118				184	5.0
1924-25	Tri-Council	PBL	3	2	5				9	3.0
1924-25	Pottsville Big Five	AnBL	3	6	3				15	5.0
1925-26	Greenpoint	MBL	31	24	92				140	4.5
1925-26	Pottsville	EBL	10	20	20				60	6.0
1926-27	Greenpoint*Trenton	NLN	19	26	50				102	5.4
1926-27	Baltimore	ABL	28	38	77				153	5.5
1927-28	Chicago	ABL	48	44	43				131	2.7
1928-29	Trenton	ABL	40	89	51				229	5.7
1929-30	Dayton	NPBL	8	21	24				66	8.3
1929-30	Syracuse–Paterson	ABL	37	43	41				127	3.4
1930-31	Wilmington	TSBL	19	44	61				149	7.8
1931-32	Bridgeton	EBL	6	10	13				33	5.5
	Major League Totals		514	712	1129				2553	5.0
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1925-26	Greenpoint	MBL	3	2	11				15	5.0
1929-30	Dayton	NPBL	4	6	8				20	5.0
1930-31	Wilmington	TSBL	4	9	17				35	8.8
	Major League Totals		7	8	19				35	5.0

Just out of high school, at age 17, Dewey Sullivan  played professional basketball for his hometown Mohawk Indians in the tough New York State Basketball League. Two years later, Sullivan entered Cornell University where he played for the college team.  In 1919, Sullivan returned to the professional game to help pay his way through Cornell where he was in the pre-med program. In 1927, Sullivan graduated from the Philadelphia School of Osteopathy. Sullivan  practiced medicine for the next three decades in New York City’s Upper West Side where his patients included many well-known theater and film actors as well as celebrities such as famed aviator  Eddie Rickenbacker and tennis star Bill Tilden.

 

DEWEY SULLIVAN		Height:	6:01		Weight:		170		College:		Cornell’19
George Dewey Sullivan		Born:	Jul 10, 1898			Died: 1954			Hometown:		Mohawk, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1915-16	Mohawk	NYSL	26	15	24				54	2.1
1916-17	Mohawk	NYSL	18	19	14				52	2.9
1917-28	Cornell (Frosh)	College
1918-19	Cornell	College
1918-19	Auburn Oswego Canoe Club	Indep
1919-20	Mohawk	NYSL	5	7	8				22	4.4
1919-20	Ithica Kof C	Indep
1919-20	Canajohaire Beech-Nuts	Indep
1920-21	All-Syracuse	Indep
1921-22	Ithica All Stars	Indep
1921-22	Ithica Collegiate	Indep
1921-22	Elmira Arms Company	Indep
1921-22	Courtland Independents	Indep
1922-23	All-Syracuse	Indep
1922-23	Paterson	MBL	9	8	11				27	3.0
1923-24	Syracuse All-Syracuse	Indep
1923-24	Buffalo Hewitts	Indep
1924-25	Buffalo Hewitts	Indep
	Major League Totals		58	49	57				155	2.7

 

 

 

BOB SULLIVAN		Height:	6:00		Weight:	180			College:		Wisconsin’43
Robert Patrick Sullivan		Born:  Jul 1, 1921			Died:  Apr 12, 2007				Hometown:		Hayward, Wi.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Wisconsin (Frosh)	College
1940-41	Wisconsin	College
1941-42	Wisconsin	College
1942-43	Wisconsin	College
1943-44	Oshkosh	NBL	3	6	1	2	.500		13	4.3
1943-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Oshkosh	NBL	30	34	34	50	.680		102	3.4
1946-47	Oshkosh	NBL	41	45	48	60	.800		138	3.4
1947-48	Oshkosh	NBL	13	4	4	5	.800		12	0.9
1948-49	Manitowoc	WSBL	9	47	18				112	12.4
1949-50	Manitowac	WSBL	24						378	15.8
1950-51	Sheboygan	Indep
1951-52	Sheboygan  Redskins	Indep
	Major League Totals		87	89	87	117	.744		265	3.0
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Oshkosh	NBL	5	5	7	9	.778		17	3.4
1946-47	Oshkosh	NBL	5	3	0	2	.000		6	1.2
1946-47	Oshkosh	WBT	4	2	4	4	1.000		8	2.0
	Major League Totals		14	10	11	15	.733		31	2.2

 

Andy Suils, a native of New York City, first played professional basketball during the 1907-08 season with the famed 23rd St. Wanderers. In 1908, he signed with Pittsburgh’s South Side club, but injuries limited him to action in just eight games. Suils followed up his abbreviated first-year with two strong seasons with South Side that elevated his status as one of the preeminent defensive stars of the game. Suils played one season in Hudson, New York before he joined the powerful Troy Trojans in 1912 where he remained for three successful seasons. In 1915, along with teammate Jack Inglis, Suils became co-owner of the Carbondale franchise in the Pennsylvania State League.  Their team claimed the 1916-17 PSL League title. Unassuming and undemonstrative by nature, Suils’ crafty strategy and firm generalship won him admirers wherever he performed. He rarely scored a basket, but was a powerful presence in every game he played for over a dozen seasons because of his brilliant defensive play.

 

 

ANDY SUILS		Height:	5:11		Weight:		175		College:		None
Andrew Marshall Suils		Born: Apr 6, 1885			Died: May 19, 1946				Hometown:		Staten Island, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1906-07	New York St.Peters	Indep
1907-08	New York Wanderers	Indep
1907-08	New York St.Peters	Indep
1907-08	West Hoboken Liberty Five	Indep
1907-08	West Hoboken Xenias	Indep
1908-09	New York Wanderers	Indep
1908-09	Jersey City Palace Five	Indep
1908-09	Hoboken Xenias	Indep
1908-09	New York St.Peter’s	Indep
1908-09	South Side	CBL	8	1	0				2	0.3
1909-10	South Side	CBL	69	24	0				48	0.7
1910-11	South Side	CBL	51	33	0				66	1.3
1911-12	Hudson	NYSL	52	44	22				110	2.1
1912-13	Troy	NYSL	43	22	25				69	1.6
1913-14	Troy	NYSL	59	32	42				106	1.8
1914-15	Troy	NYSL	27	24	14				62	2.3
1915-16	Carbondale	PSL	39	16	0			56	32	0.8
1916-17	Carbondale	PSL	39	14	35			63	63	1.6
1917-18	Windsor (Vt) Namcos	Indep
1918-19	Bridgeport Blue Ribbons	Indep
1918-19	Staten Island Standard Shipyard	Indep
1919-20	Jersey City–Ansonia	IBL	3	3	4				10	3.3
1919-20	Adams	NYSL	2	1	0				2	1.0
1919-20	North Philadelphia-Trenton	EBL	26	11	10	38	.263	14	32	1.2
1919-20	Plymouth	PSL	7	4	4	19	.211	0	12	1.7
1919-20	Thompsonville	IL	10	4	0				8	0.8
1920-21	Paterson–Pittston	PSL	39	33	22				88	2.3
1920-21	Thompsonville	IL	2	2	1				5	2.5
1921-22	Utica	NYSL	14	10	5				25	1.8
	Major League Totals		490	278	184				740	1.5
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1912-13	Troy	WS	5	3	1				7	1.4
1920-21	Pittston	PSL	2	3	1				7	3.5
	Major League Totals		7	6	2				14	2.0

Ken Suesens was an all-state basketball player at Burlington High School in Iowa before he went on to star at the at the University of Iowa. Suesens turned professional in 1938 with the Sheboygan Redskins, the same year the team joined the National Basketball League. During his ten seasons as  a player for  the Redskins, Suesens never was much of a scorer, but he was long recognized as one of the best defenders in the NBL and and an outstanding ball handler and playmaker. He was known as an aggressive competitor, but also had a reputation for sportsmanship. Suesens was named  player-coach prior to the 1948-49 season, the last year the team was in the NBL. At the end of the season, Suesens retired as player, but remained as the coach of the team for two more years.s the he head basketball coach at Valparsio University from 1951 until 1958.

 

KENNY SUESENS		Height:	6:01		Weight:		180		College:		Iowa’38
Kenneth Glenn Suesens		Born: Oct 23, 1916			Died: May 29, 1992				Hometown:		Burlington, Ia.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1934-35	Iowa (Frosh)	College
1935-36	Iowa	College
1936-37	Iowa	College
1937-38	Iowa	College
1938-39	Sheboygan	NBL	10	4	7				15	1.5
1939-40	Sheboygan	NBL	28	19	28	67	.418		66	2.4
1940-41	Sheboygan	NBL	24	18	41	55	.745		77	3.2
1941-42	Sheboygan	NBL	24	30	19				79	3.3
1942-43	Sheboygan	NBL	23	32	21				85	3.7
1943-44	Sheboygan	NBL	21	34	32	55	.582		100	4.8
1944-46	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Sheboygan	NBL	4	1	1	1	1.000		3	0.8
1946-47	Sheboygan	NBL	38	14	35	75	.467		63	1.7
1947-48	Sheboygan	NBL	11	3	5	15	.333		11	1.0
1947-48	Seattle	PCL	30						100	3.3
1948-49	Sheboygan	NBL	26	3	10	18	.556		16	0.6
	Major League Totals		209	158	199				515	2.5
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1938-1939	Sheboygan	WBT	4	3	3	8	.375		9	2.3
1939-40	Sheboygan	NBL	3	5	5				15	5.0
1939-40	Sheboygan	WBT	2	0	2	4	.500		2	1.0
1940-41	Sheboygan	NBL	6	3	8				14	2.3
1940-41	Sheboygan	WBT	1	0	0	1	.000		0	0.0
1941-1942	Sheboygan	WBT	2	1	0	1	.000		2	1.0
1942-43	Sheboygan	NBL	5	9	5				23	4.6
1942-1943	Sheboygan	WBT	1	1	1	2	.500		3	3.0
1943-44	Sheboygan	NBL	6	6	12				24	4.0
1943-1944	Sheboygan	WBT	1	1	0	0	.000		2	2.0
1945-46	Sheboygan	NBL	5	5	2	5	.400		12	2.4
1946-47	Sheboygan	NBL	4	1	2	4	.500		4	1.0
1946-47	Sheboygan	WBT	2	0	2	2	1.000		2	1.0
1947-48	Seattle	PCL	12						45	3.8
	Major League Totals		42	35	42				112	2.7