The Grand Bahama Sports Council joins with the Grand Bahama
Basketball community in offering condolences on the passing of Keith R
Mullings this past weekend.
Grand Bahama has lost a sports legend and we will forever remember Keith “Seven Footer” Mullings and the game he loved.
An
avid athlete during his younger days, Keith contributed much to the
game of basketball on Grand Bahama both at the local and national level.
He was one of the pioneer players who helped to develop the YMCA
basketball league while playing for the Citi Bank Chargers. Coached by
the legendary Coach Gladstone “Moon” McPhee, Keith won several
national and local awards including the Commonwealth Basketball League
Most Valuable Player and several rebounding tittles which earned him the
nick name “Seven Footer”.
For his efforts and his extraordinary
contribution to the game, Keith was recognized with induction in the
class of 2005 into the prestigious Grand Bahama Sports Hall of Fame
where his memories and his contributions to basketball will live on in
the history books.
On behalf of the Grand Bahama Sports Hall of
Fame Committee I offer my sincere condolence to his wife Jan and their
children, and to the country’s basketball family.
The Grand
Bahama Hall of Fame also extends condolences to the family and
colleagues of Track and Field Coach, Dwayne Jennings, who also passed
away last week. Coach Jennings was instrumental in having many
youngsters gain educational opportunities through athletic scholarships
to colleges and universities abroad.
May their souls rest in peace.