Johnny Mullins

John Christopher "Johnny" Mullins (born 6 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for League Two club Oxford United. Mullins is a versatile defender, who usually plays in the centre-back position.

Mullins started his career with Reading, but it was during two separate loan spells with Kidderminster Harriers that he first came to prominence, prompting Mansfield Town to sign him on his release from the Reading in 2006. He was with Mansfield for two seasons before moving to Stockport County. In 2010 he joined Rotherham, and following his loan at Oxford United he was made Rotherham’s captain as they finished runners-up in League Two. In July 2013, he joined Oxford United permanently.

Club career

Reading

Born in Hampstead, London, Mullins came up through the youth system at Reading and captained the reserve team but did not graduate to the first team. This resulted in him being consecutively loaned out.

Kidderminster Harriers (loan)

He was loaned out to Kidderminster Harriers for two seasons in a row, and it proved to be a very successful time for him there. He made 50 appearances in all competitions. He also collected a player of the season award.

John Mullins (priest)

John Mullins or Molyns (died 1591) was an English churchman and Marian exile, archdeacon of London from 1559.

Life

Born in Somerset, Mullins was made a probationary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1541; and proceeded B.A. 1541, M.A. 1545, D.D. 1565–6. At this period Magdalen and Christ Church were the two leading Protestant colleges of the University of Oxford. Magdalen had an evangelical group around Thomas Bentham, John Foxe, and Lawrence Humphrey. Mullins was involved in the 1550 petition against the Catholic President of Magdalen, Owen Oglethorpe, one of ten signatories who included also Walter Bower, Michael Reninger and Arthur Saul.

In Queen Mary's reign Mullins left for Zürich, after Bishop Stephen Gardiner's visitation of Magdalen College. At Frankfurt he was reader in Greek to the exiled English. He was one of those, with his associate Alexander Nowell, who shared the Frankfurt house of Thomas Watts.

Mullins returned to England early in Elizabeth I's reign, and was appointed in 1559 canon of St Paul's Cathedral and archdeacon of London. In February 1561 he was collated to the rectory of Theydon Gernon, Essex, and in May 1577 to the rectory of Bocking, Essex. He was made dean of Bocking in October 1583, along with John Still.