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George F. Sullivan
For well over forty years George “Sully” Sullivan has tended to University of Nebraska athletes. Sullivan, who received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from UNL and his physical therapy degree from Iowa, first began working in the Husker training room as a part-time student trainer in 1949.
Among his many contributions and honors, the U.S. Olympic Committee named Sullivan as trainer for the 1959 and 1962 Pan Am Games. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1984, Sullivan was presented the M.E. Sacksteder Award by the Nebraska State Physical Therapy Association for outstanding contributions in that field. In 1988, he received the American Medical Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Distinguished Service Award. Sullivan received the inaugural and 1994 NSATA Trainer of the Year Award, which now carries his name. Also in 1994, George receive the coveted inaugural Tim Kerin Award for Excellence in Athletic Training, sponsored by Gatorade and the NATA. Sully was then inducted into the MAATA Hall of Fame in 1995.
Sullivan has been an active speaker throughout the national for groups such as the AMA, NATA, APTA and State Coaches Associations in the Midwest. Sullivan has been very active in the National, District, and Nebraska Athletic Training Association by holding offices and sitting on various committees including the Committee to establish Athletic Trainer Licensure in Nebraska and the Nebraska Athletic Trainers State Board Licensure
