Carl Dooler

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 Sharlston Rovers ARLFC,[2] Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 415), Hull Kingston Rovers, York and Batley, as an occasional goal-kicking scrum-half, i.e. number 7.

Carl Dooler
Personal information
Full nameCarl Dooler
Born30 March 1943
Lower Agbrigg district, Wakefield, England
Died29 July 2010 (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

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 1966 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand 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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