Peter Mullins
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (1926年07月09日)9 July 1926 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 13 April 2012(2012年04月13日) (aged 85) Sydney, Australia |
| Sport | |
| Event | Decathlon |
Peter Mullins (9 July 1926 – 13 April 2012)[1] was an Australian decathlete and basketball player.[2] He competed in the decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3] As a basketball player, he played at the 1959 FIBA World Championship on the Canadian team.[4] Mullins also coached the UBC Thunderbirds for twenty years, recording more than 330 wins.[5]
Early life
[edit ]Mullins was born in Bondi, Australia in 1926.[6] Mullins played hockey, rugby, Australian rules football, table tennis and was swimmer.[6] At the age of fifteen, Mullins became a pole vaulter, before moving onto the decathlon.[3] He gained his diploma in physical education from the Sydney Teachers' College.[5]
Career
[edit ]In 1946, he broke the Australian record for the decathlon, and was selected to represent Australia in the event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.[3] He finished in sixth place at the Olympics,[6] setting another Australian record in the process.[3] At the 1949 Australian championships, Mullins won a gold and two bronze, before his focus moved to basketball.[3] [6]
After moving to the United States, Mullins was offered a scholarship at Washington State University.[3] [6] After graduating, he moved to Canada and became a member of staff at the University of British Columbia in 1955.[3] [6] Mullins then went to represent the Canadian basketball team at the 1959 FIBA World Championship.[3] He continued playing throughout the 1960s and 1970s, before retiring in 1982.[3] Mullins also coached the Canadian basketball team at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.[3] His team at the University of British Columbia also won the Western Canadian University Championships seven times from 1963 to 1975.[6] [5]
Death
[edit ]Mullins returned to Australia, where he died in 2012, aged 85.[3] [7] He was inducted into the British Columbia Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy is award to the best rookie player in universities in Canada.[3] [5]
References
[edit ]- ^ "UBC Thunderbirds coaching icon Mullins passes away". boxscorenews. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "This basketball answers the demands for sporting action". The ABC Weekly. 9 January 1954. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Peter Mullins". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Peter Mullins Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Peter Mullins". Go Thunderbirds. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dr Peter Mullins – The Unknown Star". Global Star Holidays. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Gallagher: UBC great Peter Mullins remembered as funny, principled, athletic". The Province. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
External links
[edit ]- Peter Mullins at Australian Athletics Historical ResultsEdit on Wikidata
- Peter Mullins at FIBA.basketball Edit on Wikidata
- Peter Mullins at FIBA.com (archived)Edit on Wikidata
- Peter Mullins – Sports-Reference.com college basketball player profileEdit on Wikidata
- Peter Mullins at Olympics.com Edit on Wikidata
- 1926 births
- 2012 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Australian decathletes
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Australian emigrants to Canada
- Australian men's basketball players
- Canadian men's basketball players
- 1959 FIBA World Championship players
- Athletes from Sydney
- Basketball players from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen