Carl Dooler

{{short description|GB international rugby league footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

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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

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|points1 = 216

|club2 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}}

|year2start = 1969

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|tries2 = 1

|goals2 = 3

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|points2 = 9

|club3 = York

|year3start = 1973

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|year4start = 1974

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|yearAstart = 1962

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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

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