[2] Mulholland served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War before he returned to the Stoke area.
[1] His run of 237 league games, and 246 in total, broke the club's record of consecutive appearances held by another full back Charlie Bicknell.
[1] He was renowned for his pace, and functions to defend and mark the opposition winger, and has been inaugurated into the club's hall of fame.
[2] His time at Darlington also included a game in front of a club record crowd of 21,023 in a 2–1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers on 14 November 1960.
[1] Mulholland retired to Billingham, where he held a number of jobs, including at ICI, as a school teacher and an insurance agent.