Gerry Mullins
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Born: | Fullerton, California | August 14, 1949
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Career information | |
Position(s) | OG |
College | Southern California |
NFL draft | 1971 / Round: 4 / Pick 86 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1971–1979 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gerry Blaine Mullins (born August 14, 1949) is a retired American football player.
High school and college[]
Gerry Blaine Mullins was raised in Anaheim, California where he began his football career at , and was mentored at Anaheim High School by the head football coach (1950–1972).. After graduating, Mullins played for coach John McKay, at the University of Southern California along with O. J. Simpson.
Pittsburgh Steelers[]
Mullins mostly played right offensive guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers for his entire professional career (1971–1979), next to centers Ray Mansfield (1971–1975) and Mike Webster (1976–1979). Known as "Moon," Mullins was drafted in the fourth round of the 1971 NFL Draft and went on to win four Super Bowls with the Steelers (Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, and XIV). He can be remembered for a play in Super Bowl IX when he pulled on a sweep leaving an uncontested path for Franco Harris to trot in the end zone. Mullins also recovered an onside kick in Super Bowl X. Mullins retired after Super Bowl XIV.
Along with other players for the Steelers, Mullins also had a brief film career with a cameo appearance in for MTM Enterprises.
Post-football[]
Mullins currently resides in Pittsburgh and is in the recycling business.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Fullerton, California
- American football offensive linemen
- USC Trojans football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Players of American football from California
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs