He played college football at the University of Southern California and was one of five USC Trojans players taken in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft after his senior year.
Hull started his football career at 14 yrs old on the bench, as a reserve offensive tackle for Clark Junior H.S., which is now Crescenta Valley High School ("CVHS").
At the close of his career at CVHS Hull was also the student body president, and held every Falcon varsity football rushing and total offense record.
He played for the Bears for three years, suffering through the Brian Piccolo tragedy, though helping All Pro and future Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, as the lead blocker.
After 20 years in the East as a professional football player, law student and lawyer, he moved back with Connie and Michelle to Southern California, where his son, Thomas, was born.
Mike now resides in San Clemente, California, with wife Connie and their daughter Michelle, who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and from Columbia Law School, in New York.