Plymouth State University

NORMAN MULLEN ('50):  Norm “Moon” Mullen was a star on both the basketball and baseball squads at Plymouth teachers College during the late 1940s, squads that set standards for competitive excellence that Panther teams have striven to meet ever since.

Plymouth’s basketball teams always compiled winning records with Mullen as a regular, and coach John C. Foley’s Panther hoopsters were perennially contenders for top honors in the New England teachers College Athletic Conference.

Mullen especially stood out on the baseball diamond, and on several occasions Foley referred to him as being among “the very best I’ve ever coached.” Mullen was a mainstay on the Plymouth powerhouses of 1949 and 1950, which compiled records of 9-1 and 11-0, while averaging almost 13 runs per contest, a versatile performer who played several positions, Mullen “swung a big stick,” and his lifetime batting mark of .428 is the second-highest ever compiled at Plymouth.

Mullen went on to play several season of minor league baseball, before embarking on a long and successful career as a teacher and educational administrator in Lisbon, Berlin, and Woodsville.