Dan Sullivan
Contributor | 1988
Hometown: Long Island, New York
Dan Sullivan became involved in wheelchair sports in 1963 as a member of the New York Abilities Islanders team. He competed in numerous regional games in track, field, table tennis, weightlifting and basketball, as well as competing in every National Wheelchair Games from 1963 to 1977.
Dan represented the USA in three international competitions and helped the wheelchair basketball team win a gold medal at the Stoke-Mandeville Games in 1965 and the Pan American Games in Winnepeg in 1967. He also competed at the 1968 Paralympic competition in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 1967 he formed and coached one of the nation’s first sports teams for junior athletes at the Human Resources School. After moving to Philadelphia in 1977 he formed the Philadelphia Spokesmen wheelchair basketball team and continued his involvement for the next 25 years.
Dan became a member of the Wheelchair Sports USA National Wheelchair Athletics Committee in 1986 and played a major role in the organization transition to a membership organization with a board of directors elected by a delegate body. Dan served as the treasurer of NWAA/WSUSA from 1977 to 1992.
