Joe Mullett | |
Fullname: | Joseph Mullett |
Position: | Wing half / Full back |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1936 |
Birth Place: | Halesowen, England |
Death Place: | Cradley Heath, England |
Youthclubs1: | Malt Mill United |
Years1: | 1955–1959 |
Caps1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1959–1968 |
Caps2: | 213 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 1968–1970 |
Clubs3: | King's Lynn |
Years4: | 1970–1971 |
Years5: | 1971–197? |
Totalcaps: | 216 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
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.[1]
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.[2] 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 to allow Dick Neal to stand in for Peter Murphy at inside left. He kept his place for three games in Murphy's absence,[3] 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,[2] went on to make 213 Football League appearances for the club,[1] and helped them to win the 1962 League Cup.[4] He spent nearly ten years with Norwich, before finishing off his career in non-league football in the East Anglia area.[2]
Mullett died in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, in 1995.[2] [1]