George Sullivan remembered for being both loving and stern with Husker football players

Tom Osborne on the sideline with head trainer George Sullivan as Nebraska plays Minnesota in 1973.

Jason Peter remembers the loving side of George Sullivan, Nebraska's head athletic trainer from 1977 until 1995.

Peter also remembers Sullivan's tough side -- a side that was beneficial to Peter and numerous other Husker football greats during a glorious era in the program's history.

Sullivan essentially was in charge of the freshman locker room when Peter arrived from New Jersey in 1993.

"When guys are sore and banged up and they're up there on that training table getting taped up, there's that tendency to start to bitch and moan about how sore you are," Peter told the Journal Star on Wednesday.