Michael Mullen Irish-Born College American Football Player 1988-1990

NCAA Big 10 Conference Standings 1988

WLTPFPAWLTPFPA
Big Ten Conference
Michigan Wolverines (C)70127394821339153
Michigan State Spartans61121975641242143
Illinois Fighting Illini521177143641234229
Iowa Hawkeyes413213141633315205
Indiana Hoosiers530257168731382225
Purdue Boilermakers35078221470124303
Ohio State Buckeyes251157199461229283
Northwestern Wildcats251137234281192350
Wisconsin Badgers170722481100106314
Minnesota Golden Gophers062120182272195246
National College Football Association Football Division 1A Big 10 Conference Standings 1988 [Ref: 1]

Legend: left-to-right: W-L-T-PF-PA (Conference) W-L-T-PF-PA (All Games)

NCAA Division 1A Big 10 Conference Standings 1989

WLTOWOLOT
Big 10 Conference
Michigan Wolverines (C)8001020
Illinois Fighting Illini7101020
Michigan State Spartans620840
Ohio State Buckeyes620840
Minnesota Golden Gophers440650
Indiana Hoosiers350560
Iowa Hawkeyes350560
Purdue Boilermakers260380
Wisconsin Badgers170290
Northwestern Wildcats0800110
National College Football Association Football Division 1A Big 10 Conference Standings 1989 [Ref: 5]

(C) Conference Champions

NCAA Division 1A Big 10 Conference Standings 1990

WLTOWOLOT
Big 10 Conference
Michigan Wolverines (C)620930
Michigan State Spartans620831
Illinois Fighting Illini620840
Iowa Hawkeyes620840
Ohio State Buckeyes 521741
Minnesota Golden Gophers530650
Indiana Hoosiers341651
Northwestern Wildcats170290
Purdue Boilermakers170290
Wisconsin Badgers0801100
National College Football Association Football Division 1A Big 10 Conference Standings 1989 [Ref: 6]

Report

Michael Mullen, who was born in Monkstown, Co. Dublin played as a kicker with the University of Wisconsin Badgers from 1988 to 1990, studying Business. His grandfather was a member of the Legendary Mayo GAA Gaelic Football team of 1925. His father played Rugby Union for Old Belvedere, and Michael was spotted kicking for CBC Monkstown, and offered a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin in the MidWest of the USA.

The University of Wisconsin is the second-largest in the USA with 70,000 students, and the American Football team were based at the sports facilities in Madison, where there were two 50m swimming pools and a Stadium bigger than any in Ireland. He played three years with Wisconsin, where they finisjed bottom or second bottom of their conference, the Big 10, one of Five Big Conferences in the Top Division of College Football, where the next generation of NFL superstars would play before being drafted at the end of their college career by NFL teams.

Michael Mullen in action for the Wisconsin Badgers [Ref: 3]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1988) “College Scoreline” First Down.December 3, 1988. pg. 21.

[2] Anon. (1988) “Laois man is big name in American Football” Leinster Express. March 5, 1988. pg. 11.

[3] Naughton, Lindie (1991) “Michael kicking his way to the big time” Evening Herald. January 5, 1991. pg. 4.

Bibliography

[4] Rowe, Pete (1989) “Guinness American Football: Records, Facts and Champions” Fifth Edition, 1989. Pg. 112. Published in Great Britain by Guinness Publishing Ltd. Enfield, Middlesex

Websites

[5] Sports Reference (2020) 1989 Big Ten Conference Year Summary [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/1989.html [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[6] Sports Reference (2020) 1990 Big Ten Conference Year Summary [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/1990.html [Accessed 11 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghail, Todd Zboyan, and Tim Leadingham

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