Clive Sullivan
- Clive underwent several operations in his teens.
- 1961: Clive joins the army.
- During his time at Catterick he started playing rugby for the Army, and he was signed as a winger by the rugby league club Hull FC.
- 1963: The start of his sporting career was plagued by injuries, operations on his knee and a serious car accident.
- 1964: He left the army and started playing rugby league full-time.
- 1966: Marries Rosalyn Patricia Byron. They had two children, Anthony and Lisa.
- 1968: In a match against Doncaster he scored seven tries, still a Hull FC record.
- 1967: Clive plays for Great Britain for the first time.
- 1972: Clive is chosen as the captain of the Great Britain side – becoming the first black person to captain a Great Britain team at any sport.
- Clive also captained the Wales Rugby League team.
- Clive played both for Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers; becoming the first player to score more than 100 tries for both sides.
- 1972: He was awarded an MBE.
‘He was always dangerous, he was never caught, as he proved in the 406 times he placed the ball over the try line.’ – Bev Risman, ‘Clive Sullivan’ in ‘The Glory of their Times- Crossing the Colour Line in Rugby League’ (Vertical Editions 2004), page 129.