Recognition At Last - Clive Sullivan (Merged threads)

[my missus]

nice to see google celebrating what would have been clive sullivans 78th birthday.

[Futtocks]

Well spotted! I'd have almost certainly missed that.

[Number 16]

Amazing! 

[Old Frightful]

Indeed, a very nice touch by Google to celebrate the great man's birthday.

I wonder if any particular individual was behind this or how it was chosen.

Gave me a nice feeling when I spotted it this morning.

 

[Mr Plow]

Clive Sullivan definitely deserves to be more well known. First British black captain in any sport is a huge achievement and milestone for equality

[Man of Kent]

Love this. 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

7 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Well spotted! I'd have almost certainly missed that.

I was just about to do a thread on it too

Excellent stuff 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

37 minutes ago, Johnoco said:

I’d like to claim credit for this as I’ve written several emails to various bodies asking why the legendary black RL players aren’t more widely known and written about (including ‘black organisations’ for want of a  better word) So it’s great to see. 

But I won’t

Good to see you aren't claiming credit John

[hindle xiii]

Same here.

A very pleasant surprise.

[Ullman]

Great stuff, as my good friend said above, I wonder how it came about.

[Dr Tim Whatley]

This is excellent. He deserves to be far better known among the wider sporting public than he is, this will help correct that.

[EastLondonMike]

Just noticed it myself, and was about to post.

Good job Google.

[Tommygilf]

Fab

[Lapsed Leeds Fan]

Brilliant, and exactly what the great man deserves.

What's also nice to see is that a couple of papers have picked up on the story:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-league/clive-sullivan-google-doodle-rugby-b1828909.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14591983/who-is-clive-sullivan-google-doodle-great-britain/

[moorside roughyed]

Nice to see Google recognising one of our giants of the game. Clive Sullivan, what a player he was. 

[DavidM]

Iconic , trailblazer , legendary figure ... he deserves it . Good stuff 

[Griff]

Google are celebrating Clive Sullivan's 78th birthday today.

[latchford albion]

Very good.

[Damien]

This is amazing. I actually find it pretty incredible and unexpected, I have never seen Google acknowledge the game in this way. Its huge!

[Wellsy4HullFC]

Rumour has it Google are sponsoring England at the World Cup...

[Dallas Mead]

Great stuff, this man should be a sporting household name for what he achieved in what was a no doubt racist period.  The fact he’s not shows where RL sits in the public consciousness sadly

[Lowdesert]

Only one Sully!

[Gerrumonside ref]

Brilliant that he’s been recognised by Google.

This is like having a street named after you in modern times.

Hopefully everyone feels proud!

[Damien]

 

 

[Damien]

This is a good watch: