Joseph "Sport" Sullivan

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Joseph "Sport" Sullivan was a Boston-based professional gambler best known for helping to orchestrate the fixing of the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
professional gambler
activity arranging bets on baseball games
contacting players to throw games
associatedWith Arnold Rothstein
1919 Black Sox Scandal
surface form: Black Sox conspirators

Chicago White Sox
Chick Gandil
basedIn Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
era early 20th century
fieldOfWork illegal gambling
sports betting
genreOfActivity match fixing
hasGender male
influenced public perception of baseball integrity
knownFor 1919 Black Sox Scandal
surface form: Black Sox Scandal

fixing of the 1919 World Series
legalIssues implication in game-fixing scandal
nickname Sport
notableEvent 1919 World Series fixing
notableFor early example of organized sports corruption in the United States
occupation bookmaker
gambler
partOf American gambling underworld
residence Boston, Massachusetts
roleInEvent co-conspirator in the Black Sox Scandal
sportInvolved baseball

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1919 Black Sox Scandal gamblerInvolved Joseph "Sport" Sullivan