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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | January 18, 1950||||||||||||||
Died: | December 1, 2019 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | John Carroll (Birmingham, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Auburn (1969–1971) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 2 / pick: 40 | ||||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||
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Regular season: | 71–85–1 (.455) | ||||||||||||||
Postseason: | 0–2 (.000) | ||||||||||||||
Career: | 71–87–1 (.450) | ||||||||||||||
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (January 18, 1950 – December 1, 2019) was an American professional football player and college coach. An All-America quarterback for the Auburn Tigers, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 and then played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan was a head football coach at Samford University, a position he held from 2007 to 2014. He was previously the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1992 to 1997 and the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 1999 to 2006. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1991.