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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name               = Karl Mullen
| image              = Karl Mullen 1950.jpg
| caption            = Mullen in New Zealand in 1950
| birth_name         = Karl Daniel Mullen
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1926|11|26|df=y}}
| birth_place        =
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2009|4|26|1926|11|26|df=y}}
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| occupation         = [[Gynaecologist]]
| university         = [[Belvedere College]]<br/>[[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]]
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| position           = [[Hooker (rugby union)|Hooker]]
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| amatteam1          = [[Old Belvedere]]<ref name="Obit" />
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| repyears1          = 1947&ndash;1952
| repyears2          = 1950
| repteam1           = {{nrut|Ireland}}
| repteam2           = [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]]
| repcaps1           = 25
| repcaps2           = 4
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'''Dr Karl Daniel Mullen''' (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/britishandirishlionsrugby/5229622/Former-British-and-Irish-Lions-captain-Karl-Mullen-has-died-aged-82.html|title=Former British and Irish Lions captain Karl Mullen has died, aged 82|last=Mairs|first=Gavin|date=27 April 2009|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=2009-04-27}}</ref>) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[rugby union]] player and [[consultant]] [[gynaecologist]] who captained the [[Ireland national rugby union team|Irish rugby team]] and captained the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] on their [[1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand]].

Mullen was born in [[Courtown Harbour]], [[County Wexford]] and educated at [[Belvedere College]]  and the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]]. He played as [[Hooker (rugby union)|hooker]], winning 25 caps<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/article2248715.ece | newspaper=The Independent | title=Theatre of Green: Gaelic games end a century of separatism | date=8 February 2007 | first=David | last=McKittrick | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401091640/http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/article2248715.ece | archive-date=1 April 2007 | url-status=dead | access-date=12 February 2020 }}</ref> for Ireland from 1947 to 1952. He captained the Irish team to their first [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]] in the [[1948 Five Nations Championship]] and was one of eight players from that team who lived to see the country's next Grand Slam in [[2009 Six Nations Championship|2009]].<ref name=Obit/>

He was also selected to captain the [[1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|1950 Lions Tour to Australia and New Zealand]], during which the Lions lost the Test series against the [[All Blacks]] 3-0, with one game drawn, but won the test series against Australia 2-0.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050511052055/http://www.lionsrugby.com/1950.htm 1950 – New Zealand and Australia]. lionsrugby.com</ref> He played four tests for the Lions on that tour; two against [[All Blacks|New Zealand]] and two against [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]. He missed the third and fourth tests against New Zealand through injury.

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