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Pat Sullivan

Found Out When He Was Eating Turkey Leftovers? Unlike the live national broadcasts in today's age that feature Heisman finalist and the award presentation, Sullivan was not on hand to personally accept the award. Instead he saw the announcement Thanksgiving Night of the 1971 Georgia-Georgia Tech football game

Found Out When He Was
Eating Turkey Leftovers?
Unlike the live national broadcasts in
today's age that feature Heisman
finalist and the award presentation,
Sullivan was not on hand to
personally accept the award.
Instead he saw the announcement
Thanksgiving Night of the 1971
Georgia-Georgia Tech football game

The Bear Facts Bear Bryant once said of Sullivan, "He does more things to beat you than any QB I've ever faced." Auburn was 2-1 vs Alabama with Sullivan under center

The Bear Facts
Bear Bryant once said of
Sullivan, "He does more things
to beat you than any QB I've
ever faced."
Auburn was 2-1 vs Alabama
with Sullivan under center

Pat Sullivan was an All-American on and off the field

Not only has the Tiger program produced two Heisman Trophy winners, but John Heisman, the namesake of college football’s highest individual award served as the schools first official head coach. Heisman’s teams posted a 12-4-2 record in his five years that he led the school.

The Heisman name would return to the Auburn campus following the 1971 season when quarterback Pat Sullivan received the trophy.  While connecting with his favorite target, Terry Beasley, the two-time All- American threw for 20 touchdowns and 2,012 yards while leading the Tigers to a 9-2, Sugar Bowl season.  Sullivan set an NCAA record for most yards per play with 8.57 and tied the mark for most career touchdowns responsible for with 71.  In the Heisman voting, Sullivan edged Cornell's Ed Marinaro with a 1,597 to 1445 margin.

The 6' tall and 190-pound star not only earned high marks for his overall 26-7 record at Auburn, but he gained merit in the classroom as well.  The Heisman winner was named an Academic All-American and graduated with a bachelor's of science in business

administration in 1972.

Sullivan (R) is shown sitting with his favorite receiving target, WR Terry Beasley on the Auburn sidelines

Sullivan (R) is shown sitting with his favorite receiving
target, WR Terry Beasley on the Auburn sidelines

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The Atlanta Falcons picked Sullivan in the second round of 1972 draft and he stayed in the league for five seasons that included stints with Atlanta, Washington and San Francisco. With his playing days behind him, Pat Sullivan began new ventures that would include a stint as an Auburn football broadcaster, the launching of his coaching career and a fight for his life as well.

After serving as an assistant coach at Auburn for six seasons,

Sullivan earned his first head coaching position.  As the new mentor of TCU football (1992-97), Sullivan initially enjoyed quick success as he helped lead the Horned Frogs to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 42 years. 

sullivan6The 1994 Southwest Conference Coach of the Year generated enough buzz that LSU offered him their head coaching position.  Due to contract buyout restrictions, Sullivan and LSU were unable to finalize the deal and the former Heisman winner stayed in Fort Worth.  However, the TCU program quickly fell on hard times and Sullivan resigned after a 1-10 season in 1997.

A new obstacle surfaced when Sullivan was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2003 while he was serving as UAB's offensive coordinator.  With the disease in remission, Sullivan has been able to focus on new opportunities.

Prior to the 2007 season, Sullivan became the head coach of Samford University in Birmingham.  As the Birmingham native prepared for his first season at the helm, Sullivan sounded content when interviewed by the Associated Press.

"For me to be able to do what I enjoy doing, which is coach kids and be around the people that I want to be around and do it in the place where I want to live, Sullivan said.  "I mean, what else do I need."

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