Joseph Mullett (2 October 1936 – 1995) was an English professional
footballer who made 216 appearances in
the Football League playing for
Birmingham City and
Norwich City.
Career
Mullett was born in
Halesowen, which was then in
Worcestershire. He joined
Birmingham City in 1955, and soon after he completed his
National Service he made his first-team debut.
This came in the
First Division on 11 September 1957 in a home game against
Tottenham Hotspur which finished goalless; Mullett played at
left half
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to allow
Dick Neal to stand in for
Peter Murphy at
inside left. He kept his place for three games in Murphy's absence, but those were the only first-team games he played for Birmingham, and in February 1959,
Norwich City paid £2,000 for his services. At Norwich he was converted to play at
full back,
[ went on to make 213 ]Football League
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appearances for the club,[ and helped them to win the 1962 League Cup.]non-league football
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in the East Anglia
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area.[
Mullett died in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, in 1995.][
]
References
External links
Joe Mullett's league stats
at Neil Brown's site
1936 births
1995 deaths
People from Halesowen
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
English men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Birmingham City F.C. players
Norwich City F.C. players
King's Lynn F.C. players
Lowestoft Town F.C. players
Great Yarmouth Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Date of death missing
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