Career
After spending most of in a Prisoner-of-war camp he turned to professional football. He also turned out for non-league sides Hinckley United and Northwich Victoria. Mullard worked as a labourer at a brickworks, but enlisted in the Royal Marines on 24 September 1940.
He was posted to North Africa and was eventually sent to Crete as part of MNDBO1 (Marine Naval Base Defence Organisation).
He was moved to mainland Europe after his capture, spending time at Stalag III-Doctorate at Steglitz (suburb of Berlin) then transferred to Stalag IV-Doctorate at Torgau, before being liberated by United States troops in April 1945. Whilst a Prisoner Of War he played football for a Royal Marine side after his mother sent him his football boots in a Red Cross parcel.
On his return to the United Kingdom he contemplated staying in the Marines, but married Mary Rickuss and embarked on a career as a professional football player. Mullard, a "good all-round player", played for Hinckley United, before entering the Football League with Harry Hibbs"s Walsall in the 1946-1947 season.
The "Saddlers" finished fifth in the Third Division South in 1946-1947, third in 1947-1948, and 14th in 1948-1949.
In his three years at Fellows Park, he scored 13 goals in 61 league games. In June 1949 he joined Arthur Turner"s Crewe Alexandra, but left Gresty Road after the "Railwaymen" posted a seventh-place finish in the Third Division North in 1949-1950 season. Stoke City manager Bob McGrory paid £8,000 to bring Mullard to the Victoria Ground in August 1950.
He scored once in seven First Division games in 1951-1952, before he and £10,000 were traded to Third Division South side Portuguese Vale in September 1951, in exchange for Alan Martin.
Mullard was the "Valiants" leading scorer in the 1951-1952 campaign with 13 goals in 35 games. Though signed by Ivor Powell, he remained a consistent first team player under new boss Freddie Steele.
He scored seven goals in 43 appearances in 1952-1953, as Vale finished second in the Third Division North. He played at right-half throughout the campaign, and so only found the Netto once in 54 games.
He scored once in 37 Second Division games in 1954-1955, but only featured seven times in 1955-1956 as he tore a groin muscle.
He was transferred to Cheshire County League side Northwich Victoria in the summer of 1956.