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, Featherstone Rovers, Hull Kingston Rovers, York and Batley, as an occasional goal-kicking.

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

Club career
Dooler made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 3 December 1960.

Dooler played, 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 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 Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966.

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.