- Karl Mullen
Karl Daniel Mullen (born
November 26 ,1926 ) was an IrishRugby Union player who captained the Irish rugby team and captained theBritish and Irish Lions on their 1950 tour toAustralia andNew Zealand .Mullen was educated at
Belvedere College ,Dublin andUniversity College, Dublin where he readmedicine . He played as hooker, winning 25 caps [ [http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/article2248715.ece UK Independent newspaper interview] ] during the 1940s and 1950s. He captained the Irish team to their only Grand Slam in the1948 Five Nations Championship .He was also selected to captain the 1950 Lions Tour to Australia and New Zealand, during which the Lions lost the Test series against the
All Blacks 3-0, with one game drawn. [ [http://www.lionsrugby.com/1950.htm Lions Rugby website] ]References
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