Please answer the following question: Facts: - heightweight: 168 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 58 & nbsp - clubs: essendon melbourne - sooyears: 1920 , 1923 - position: winger , half-forward flank - years: 1918 -- 1925 1925 '' ' total '' ' - statsend: 1925 - originalteam: williamstown juniors , maryborough - death date: 1 may 1983 - birth date: 8 april 1896 - fullname: james a. sullivan - name: jimmy sullivan - repstatsend: 1923 - birth place: maryborough - sooteams: victoria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jimmy sullivan -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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james a. '' jimmy '' sullivan -lrb- 8 april 1896 - 1 may 1983 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for essendon and melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .sullivan was one of the small players in the essendon team of the 1920s which earned them the nickname '' mosquito fleet '' .a wingman of considerable pace , he vice captained essendon in 1923 but was not selected in premiership side that year .he did however become a premiership player the following season in the league 's new round robin finals format before finishing his career with a stint at melbourne .