| Jack Sullivan | |
| Birth Name: | John Lorraine Sullivan |
| Birth Date: | 30 March 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Tahora, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Oil company executive |
| Ru Position: | Wing, centre, second five-eighth |
| Height: | 1.790NaN0 |
| Weight: | 80kg (180lb) |
| Repyears1: | 1936–38 |
| Repcaps1: | 6 |
| Reppoints1: | 9 |
| Province1: | Taranaki |
| Provinceyears1: | 1934–40 |
| Provinceapps1: | 44 |
| Coachteams1: | Taranaki |
| Coachteams2: | New Zealand under-23 |
| Coachyears2: | 1958 |
| Coachyears3: | 1960 |
John Lorraine Sullivan (30 March 1915 – 9 July 1990) was a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and administrator. A three-quarter and second five-eighth, Sullivan represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1936 to 1938. He played nine matches for the All Blacks including six internationals.[1]
He was selected by the editors of the 1937 Rugby Almanac of New Zealand as one of their 5 players of the year.
Following World War II, during which he saw service overseas, Sullivan became a rugby union coach, selector and administrator. He coached the Taranaki team during the late 1940s, the New Zealand under-23 side in 1958, and the All Blacks on their 1960 tour to South Africa. He was also a Taranaki selector, a North Island selector (1952–59) and a national selector (1954–60). Sullivan served on the New Zealand Rugby Union executive from 1962 to 1977, and was chairman between 1969 and 1977.[1]
In 1977, Sullivan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[2] In the 1978 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby. He died in Wellington in 1990,[1] and was buried in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.[3]