Facts: - death place: vienna , austria - title: professional of new zealand 1891 sculling champion of england . professional sculling champion - other names: '' happy '' sullivan - caption: tom sullivan , c. 1910 - term: 1893 -- 1895 - successor: charles r. harding - death date: 1949 1868 - predecessor: george bubear - birth date: 18 september 1868 - name: tom sullivan - nationality: new zealand - image: sullivan flickr.jpg - birth place: auckland , new zealand Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom sullivan -lrb- rower -rrb- .
thomas '' tom '' sullivan -lrb- 18 september 1868 -- 1949 -rrb- was a new zealand amateur rowing and sculling champion who later turned professional and challenged for the world sculling championship title .he later became a rowing coach .