Carl Dooler

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.

Carl Dooler

Personal information
Full name	Carl Dooler
Born	30 March 1943 Sharlston, Wakefield, England
Died	29 July 2010(2010-07-29) (aged 67) North Shields, England
Playing information
Position	Scrum-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 Yorkshire 5 1 0 0 3 1966 Great Britain 0
Source: [1]
Relatives	Vaughan Thomas (cousin)

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.

Playing career

Club career

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.

Representative honours

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.

Genealogical information

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