Clive Sullivan MBE (9 April 1943 to 8 October 1985) was a Welsh rugby league footballer who played on the wing for Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers, and also for Oldham and Doncaster. Born in Splott, Cardiff, to a mother from Antigua and a Jamaican father, he joined the army, was picked for an inter-corps rugby match while posted at Catterick, and signed as a professional with Hull in December 1961 after scoring three tries on his debut. He scored 250 tries in 352 games for Hull and 118 in 213 for Hull Kingston Rovers, winning Challenge Cup medals with both clubs. He played for Great Britain and Wales, captained Great Britain in 1972 as the first black captain of a Great Britain side in any sport, and was in the team that won the 1972 Rugby League World Cup. He received an MBE in 1974.
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was a Welsh rugby league footballer
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played for Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers in his career
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played for Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers in his career
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winning Challenge Cup medals with both clubs
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