Carl Dooler

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Carl Dooler
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Personal information
Full nameCarl Dooler
Born30 March 1943
Lower Agbrigg district, Wakefield, England
Died29 July 2010(2010-07-29) (aged 67)
North Shields, England
Playing information
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1960–69 Featherstone Rovers 199 62 15 0 216
1969–≥69 Hull Kingston Rovers 18 1 3 0 9
1973 York
1974 Batley
Total 217 63 18 0 225
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–≥67/68 Yorkshire ≥3
1966 Great Britain 0

Carl Dooler (30 March 1943[1] – 29 July 2010) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Yorkshire, and at club level for ,[2] Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 415), Hull Kingston Rovers, York and Batley, as an occasional goal-kicking scrum-half, i.e. number 7.

Background[]

Carl Dooler's birth was registered in Lower Agbrigg district, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked as a miner, construction worker c. 1967, and a rigger, and he died aged 67 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear.

Playing career[]

International honours[]

Carl Dooler represented Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers on the in fifteen non-Test matches.[3]

County honours[]

Carl Dooler won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1962–63 season against Cumberland and Lancashire, and during the 1967–68 season against Australia.

Challenge Cup Final appearances[]

Carl Dooler played scrum-half, scored a drop goal, and was man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.

County Cup Final appearances[]

Carl Dooler played scrum-half and was sent off for tripping an opponent (later found not guilty by the disciplinary panel) in Featherstone Rovers' 12-25 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1966–67 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966.[4]

Club career[]

Carl Dooler made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 3 December 1960,[5] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Honoured at Featherstone Rovers[]

Carl Dooler is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.

Genealogical information[]

Carl Dooler was the cousin of the rugby league footballer; Vaughan Thomas.

References[]

  1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Sharlston Rovers". sharlstonrovers.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Carl Dooler: Scrum-half whose skills took Featherstone to victory in the 1967 Challenge Cup final". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Yorkshire Cup 1966/67". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ^ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952

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