Bill Mullins
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Full name | William Mullins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Campsie, New South Wales, Australia | 30 January 1948|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project |
William Mullins (born 30 January 1948) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, the major rugby league competition in Australia at the time.
Career
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
A former professional runner, Mullins played his junior football with the
A tall, powerfully built
Mullins was a representative of
During the 1976 NSWRFL season, Mullins played as a wing for Eastern Suburbs in their unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge match against British champions St. Helens in Sydney.
Young Cherry Pickers
At the end of the 1978 season Mullins moved to the rural NSW town of Young where he played for the Young Cherry Pickers, but a series of broken legs brought about an end to his rugby league career.
Personal life
Mullins for many years owned a fish and chip shop in Sydney's Charing Cross.
The burly winger has been included in a side made up of East's greatest ever players. He has also been named in the Young Cherry Pickers best side since its inception in the 1950s.[citation needed]
Brothers Russell and Terry Mullins played for Sydney's Western Suburbs Magpies against Bill and his son Brett Mullins[2] is an Australian representative who has won premierships with Canberra and Sydney Roosters.
Mullins is the grandfather of the rugby league footballer for the
.References
- ^ Roosters flyer Anthony Minichiello wants to surpass Bill Mullins' effort of 105 tries for the Chooks
- ^ a b "Rugby League: Grand final fever takes over". The New Zealand Herald. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2011.