George Mulhall

Infobox Football biography
playername = George Mulhall


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1936|5|8|df=yes
cityofbirth = Falkirk
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Outside left
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Denny YMCA
Kilsyth Rangers
years = 1953–1962
1962–1969
1969–1971
clubs = Aberdeen
Sunderland
Cape Town City
Greenock Morton
caps(goals) = 110 (30)
253 (55)
001 (0)
nationalyears = 1959–1963
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 (1)
manageryears = 1972–1974
1978–1981
1981–1982
1996–1998
managerclubs = Halifax Town
Bradford City
Bolton Wanderers
Halifax Town

George Mulhall (born 8 May 1936 in Falkirk, Scotland) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

He played as outside left who played at Aberdeen and Sunderland and was capped three times for Scotland before he became a manager for Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers and Halifax Town.

Playing career

Two of George Mulhall's elder brothers had forged professional careers with Falkirk and Albion Rovers by the time he signed for Aberdeen on his 17th birthday.cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = p78
isbn = 0907969380] He had played at Denny YMCA and Kilsyth Rangers before moving to Pittodrie. He was limited to 110 games for Aberdeen, scoring 30 goals, but he helped the club to become Scottish League Division One runners-up in 1955–56 and the Scottish League Cup the same season.

In October 1959 he earned his first international cap when he scored in a 4–0 win over Northern Ireland. In September 1962 he signed for Sunderland for £25,000. Mulhall played more 250 appearances for Sunderland, where he still holds the record for the most consecutive appearances for the club - 125 - and scored 66 goals. He won another two caps, also against Northern Ireland, before moving to South Africa to play for Cape Town City. He stayed for two seasons before playing one final game for Greenock Morton.

Managerial career

Mulhall moved into coaching upon his playing retirement first becoming trainer-coach at Halifax Town where he was promoted to first team manager in 1972. He was in charged until September 1974. A month later he moved to Bolton Wanderers where he spent four years as coach and assistant manager.

In November 1978 he moved to Bradford City to replace John Napier as manager. In his first full season he guided the club to 5th in Division Four before he was tempted back to Bolton in March 1981. He managed Bolton for one year until he was fired among rumours that he was to be replaced by PeléFact|date=November 2007. He served as scout at Ipswich Town and assistant manager at Tranmere Rovers. He later returned to Halifax Town as joint manager with Kieran O'Regan.

References

External links

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