Derrick Sullivan (10 August 1930 – 31 August 1983) was a

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

international football player. A defender, he played his club football for

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

Club career

After coming through the ranks at Cardiff he made his debut in April 1948 against

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional Association football, football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football league system, English football. The club was ...

. Sullivan spent more than a decade at Cardiff and played in nearly all outfield positions for the club. He eventually moved to

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

and then Newport County before moving into non-league football with

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

and

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

International career

He was part of the Wales squad for the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil ...

in Sweden.Derek Sullivan FIFA profile
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* * 1930 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Newport, Wales Men's association football defenders Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players Cardiff City F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Welsh people of Irish descent English Football League players Ebbw Vale F.C. players {{Wales-footy-defender-stub