Accomplishments
- Was a national tennis champion at age 16.
- Won the National Boys singles championship and was runner-up in the National Clay Court Junior Championship in 1923.
- Won the Pittsburgh Center boys singles championship at age 14.
- Ranked nationally among juniors from 1923 through 1925.
- Was a contender for the National Intercollegiate Championship while at Pitt in 1926, 1927 and 1929.
- Won seven Western Pennsylvania doubles championships.
David O’Loughlin was my father, Paul G. Sullivan’s, best friend and I grew up hearing stories of his tennis achievements as a child. He went on to become a doctor, an OB/GYN, and tragically passed away quite young, before I was born in 1959. The O’Loughlin family were lifelong friends of our family and all of David’s siblings were accomplished professionals. His eldest sister, Mary O’Loughlin, was the principal of Fifth Ave. High School in Pittsburgh and went on to become one of the first women enrolled in Duquesne University Law School. She was a classmate of my father’s there. They were truly an extraordinary family, and David’s athletic achievements reflect only part of his many accomplishments.