John Francis Sullivan was a player on the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball

The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Northeast Conference. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball...

 team from 1953 to 1957. His average of 25.4 points per game is still the school record. His 2,676 points is still the school record for a career. His 1,070 points in the 1957 season is still the school record for one season. With a 27-5 record in 1957, the Mountaineers earned a berth in the NCAA College Division II Final Four.

Professional career

In 1957, he was drafted as the 14th overall pick by the Philadelphia Warriors, but instead played for the Washington Tapers of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1961.

Coaching career

He coached the women’s basketball team at Catholic University

Catholic University

A Catholic University is a private university run by the Catholic Church or by Catholic organizations like religious institutes. Those with closer ties to the Holy See are called pontifical universities....

 from 1989 to 1996.

Private life and death

He was married to Patricia Dailey for 49 years; she survived him. They had six children.

On September 16, 2010, he died of septic shock

Septic shock

Septic shock is a medical emergency caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery as a result of severe infection and sepsis, though the microbe may be systemic or localized to a particular site. It can cause multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and death...

 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

External links

• *Mount St. Mary’s Basketball Single Season and Career Records