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Joe Mullett
Personal information
Full name Joseph Mullett[1]
Date of birth (1936-10-02)2 October 1936
Place of birth Halesowen, England
Date of death 1995 (aged 58–59)
Place of death Cradley Heath, England
Position(s) Wing half / Full back
Youth career
Malt Mill United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1959 Birmingham City 3 (0)
1959–1968 Norwich City 213 (2)
1968–1970 King's Lynn
1970–1971 Lowestoft Town
1971–197? Yarmouth Town
Total 216 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[2]

Career

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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.[1] 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,[1] went on to make 213 Football League appearances for the club,[2] 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.[1]

Mullett died in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, in 1995.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. ^ a b c "Joe Mullett". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  3. ^ Matthews, p. 193.
  4. ^ Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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