Awards and Recognition
Mulier was awarded as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, and a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. He was also an honorary member of the Frisian handball association, the Netherlands Field Hockey Association, the Netherlands Ice Hockey Association, the Swedish Football Association and the Belgian Football Association. He was awarded several foreign decorations as well, and became an honorary citizen of the municipality of Wûnseradiel on 28 June 1950.
Many sports-related organisations in the Netherlands have been named after Pim Mulier. Both the Frisian handball club and the football club in Witmarsum carry Mulier's name. The baseball stadium in Haarlem was named after him, as well as the Pim Mulier Open tennis tournament.
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