Alex Sullivan

Williamstown was the home of pioneer tinsmith and lacrosse great Jeremiah “Gerry” Sullivan and his wife the former Theresa MacPherson.

Emerging from this home, in addition to one daughter, were six boys, all at one time or another playing their first hockey and lacrosse in Williamstown. They were Ellis, Paddy, Bernie, Bill, John and Alex. Our Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame inductee’s biography is of Alex Sullivan.

Alex Sullivan, apart from attending school, spent his time either playing hockey or lacrosse. In lacrosse Alex teamed with his brother Paddy at inside and outside home (forwards). Neither were six footers, but once the ball was worked up field (12-man lacrosse of course) it took a sturdy defence to check Alex from either scoring or relaying the ball to Paddy, who was equally capable of firing a rifle-like shot. Alex was rated among the best of Glengarry lacrosse players of that long gone era.

Alex Sullivan signed with the Royal Bank and left home to pursue his hockey and banking career in Montreal. He was also instrumental in the bank making a deal with brother Paddy.

They were dubbed the Sullivan twins, as they became point leaders with both the Royal and St. Anne’s. Scouts were again knocking on the door of the Sullivan brothers. Paddy wished to become a dentist, as his other brother Bill was enrolled at MacGill and played hockey with the Redmen.

Alex Sullivan married Kathleen Saunders and they had one son. Alex lived in Ottawa and died in 1979.