Carl Dooler
{{short description|GB international rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Carl Dooler
|fullname = Carl Dooler
|image = Carl Dooler - Featherstone Rovers.jpeg
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|birth_date = 30 March 1943
|birth_place = Sharlston, Wakefield, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|7|29|1943|3|30}}
|death_place = North Shields, England
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|position = {{rlp|SH}}
|club1 = Featherstone Rovers
|year1start = 1960
|year1end = 69
|appearances1 = 199
|tries1 = 62
|goals1 = 15
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 216
|club2 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}
|year2start = 1969
|year2end = ≥69
|appearances2 = 18
|tries2 = 1
|goals2 = 3
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 9
|club3 = York
|year3start = 1973
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|club4 = Batley
|year4start = 1974
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|teamA = Yorkshire
|yearAstart = 1962
|yearAend = 67
|appearancesA = 5
|triesA = 1
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 3
|teamB = Great Britain
|yearBstart = 1966
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|source = {{Rugby league records |id=8848 |title=Carl Dooler |access-date=1 January 2024}}
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Carl Dooler (30 March 1943 – 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 Sharlston Rovers ARLFC,{{cite web|url=http://www.sharlstonrovers.co.uk|title=Sharlston Rovers|publisher=sharlstonrovers.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} Featherstone Rovers, Hull Kingston Rovers, York and Batley, as an occasional goal-kicking {{rlp|sh}}.
Background
Carl Dooler was born in Sharlston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England on 30 March 1943.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/carl-dooler-scrumhalf-whose-skills-took-featherstone-to-victory-in-the-1967-challenge-cup-final-2052355.html|title=Carl Dooler: Scrum-half whose skills took Featherstone to victory in the 1967 Challenge Cup final|publisher=independent.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} He worked as a miner, construction worker {{circa|1967}}, and a rigger, and he died aged 67 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear.
Playing career
=Club career=
Dooler made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 3 December 1960.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. {{ISBN|0752422952}}
Dooler played {{rlp|sh}}, 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.
Dooler played {{rlp|sh}} 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 Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/Yorkshire_Cup_1966/Final/Featherstone_Rovers-vs-Hull_Kingston_Rovers/summary.html|title=Yorkshire Cup 1966/67|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}
Carl Dooler is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.
=Representative honours=
Carl Dooler represented Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers on the 1966 Great Britain Lions tour in 15 non-Test matches.
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.
Genealogical information
Carl Dooler was the cousin of the rugby league footballer; Vaughan Thomas.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Dooler Search for "Dooler" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
- (archived by archive.is) [https://archive.today/20130201083319/http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=37175 Obituary Carl Dooler - 1967 Lance Todd Trophy Winner]
{{Featherstone Rovers - 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Great Britain squad – 1966 Tour}}
{{Lance Todd Trophy winners}}
{{Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame Inductees}}
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Category:Batley Bulldogs players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:Featherstone Rovers players
Category:Great Britain national rugby league team players
Category:Hull Kingston Rovers players
Category:Lance Todd Trophy winners
Category:People from Sharlston
Category:Sportspeople from the City of Wakefield
Category:Rugby league players from Wakefield
Category:Rugby league halfbacks