John L. Sullivan (born Thomas Sullivan on November 25, 1946) was an American professional wrestler better known as Johnny Valiant. He competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he won the WWWF Tag Team Championship two times. The first run (which lasted over a year) was with his first and most famous storyline brother Jimmy Valiant over Tony Garea & Dean Ho on May 8, 1974; his second title run was with his second storyline brother Jerry Valiant over Tony Garea & Larry Zbyszko on March 6, 1979.