Peter Mullins

Peter Mullins (9 July 1926 – 13 April 2012) was an Australian decathlete and basketball player. He competed in the decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. As a basketball player, he played at the 1959 FIBA World Championship on the Canadian team. Mullins also coached the UBC Thunderbirds for twenty years, recording more than 330 wins.

Early life Mullins was born in Bondi, Australia in 1926. Mullins played hockey, rugby, Australian rules football, table tennis and was swimmer. He was inducted into the British Columbia Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy is award to the best rookie player in universities in Canada.