Carl Dooler

Carl Dooler
Personal information
Full name	Carl Dooler
Born	30 March 1943; Sharlston, Wakefield, England
Died	29 July 2010 (aged 67); North Shields, England
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half
Club
Representative
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Relatives	Vaughan Thomas (cousin)

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,^[2] Featherstone Rovers, Hull Kingston Rovers, York and Batley, as an occasional goal-kicking scrum-half.

Background

Carl Dooler was born in Sharlston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England on 30 March 1943.^[3] He worked as a miner, construction worker c. 1967, and a rigger, and he died aged 67 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear.

Dooler made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 3 December 1960.^[4]

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.

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 Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966.^[5]

Carl Dooler is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.

Carl Dooler represented Great Britain while at Featherstone Rovers on the 1966 Great Britain Lions tour in 15 non-Test matches.^[3]

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.

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

^ "Player Summary: Carl Dooler". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Sharlston Rovers". sharlstonrovers.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
^ "Yorkshire Cup 1966/67". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.