My dear friend Frank Sullivan would have been 93 years-old on January 23, 2023. And we miss his lovely wife Marilyn who passed away on January 15, 2020. It is still difficult to accept that we have lost both Frank and Marilyn but they left a wonderful legacy and much Aloha. They had an extraordinary life and it is timely to revisit all that they experienced and achieved!
My dear friend Frank Sullivan would have been 89 years-old on January 23, 2019. It is hard to believe that Frank has been gone for over three years and he is sorely missed by family and friends. But he had an extraordinary life and it is timely to revisit all that he experienced and achieved! To say Frank Sullivan led an interesting life would be an understa [...]
My dear friend Frank Sullivan passed away in his home on Kauai, HI, on January 19, 2016, just four days before his 86th birthday. Frank was a big league pitcher for 11 years, a two-time American League All Star, and a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame. More importantly, he was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. To say he will be missed is an extreme understatement. (see article below)
In the winter of 1956 Jack Nichols was the center for the Boston Celtics when Bill Russell was acquired for that team. Russell could stand flat-footed and jump straight up and touch the rim with both elbows. Jack was no fool and opted for finishing dental school and promised Red Auerbach he would be available for the games, but not practice. He told Red hi [...]
Former Red Sox pitcher Frank Sullivan spent eleven springs preparing to pitch in the big leagues. Frank looks back on a time when a crowd of 500 was a good turnout for an exhibition game, when teams “barnstormed their way north playing exhibition games along the way, and when players of color had to deal with segregation in the South. Herb Crehan: Did you l [...]