Moon Mullen

Ford Parker "Moon" Mullen (February 9, 1917 – February 28, 2013) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played one year for the Philadelphia Blue Jays during the season. Listed at 5' 9", 165 lb., Mullen batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He attended the University of Oregon, where he played baseball and basketball, and was a member of the basketball team that won the first NCAA men's basketball championship.

Early life Mullen was born in Olympia, Washington. He received the nickname "Moon" after the popular comic strip character "Moon Mullins". Mullen attended the University of Oregon, where he played baseball and basketball. He was a reserve guard on the 1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team coached by Howard Hobson, and winners of the first ever NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Following the 1944 season, Mullen was one of many major leaguers who saw his baseball career interrupted by a stint in the United States Army during World War II. He missed the 1945 and 1946 seasons, then attended spring training with the Phillies but did not make the team. At the age of 96 he was the last surviving member of the Ducks' 1939 NCAA team and was one of the oldest living major league ballplayers.