Ian Doyle

Ian Doyle

Personal information
Born	21 March 1932 Toowoomba, Queensland
Died	7 September 1999(1999-09-07) (aged 67)
Playing information
Position	Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1950–59 All Whites 92 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1956–58 Queensland 7 1 2 0 7 1956–57 Australia 7 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1959–67 All Whites Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1965–67 Queensland 8 0 0 8 0
Source: [1][2]

Ian Doyle (1932–1999), also known by the nickname of "Ripper", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and coached in the 1960s. A Queensland state and Australia national representative lock, he played in the Toowoomba Rugby League for the All Whites club. His older brother, Joe Doyle, previously played rugby league for Australia also.

Ian Doyle was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 21 March 1932.^[3] He started playing football in the Toowoomba Rugby League with the All Whites club in 1950. Doyle was first selected to play for Queensland in the 1956 series against New South Wales. Later that year he was first selected to play for the Australian national team against the touring New Zealand team, becoming Kangaroo No. 321.^[4] He was then selected to go on the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France.

Doyle stayed with the All Whites club as their first grade coach after he finished playing in 1959. In 1965 he was selected to coach the Queensland Maroons, which he did until 1967 when he resigned from coaching.^[5] Doyle died at the age of 67 on 7 September 1999.^[6]

In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Doyle was named on the bench of the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.^[7] He was also named at lock forward in the Toowoomba Brothers/All Whites team of the century.

References

1. "Ian Doyle". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
2. Rugby League Project Coaches
3. "All Whites / Brothers RLFC team of the century" (PDF). brothers.org.au. Brothers Toowoomba Rugby League Club. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
4. "Australian Kangaroos Player Register" (PDF). 2013 Annual Report. NRL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
5. "History of All Whites Rugby League Football Club" (PDF). brothers.org.au. Brothers Toowoomba Rugby League Club. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
6. rugbyleagueproject
7. Leslie, Cameron (21 August 2008). "Rugby League Team of the Century named". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eric Harris 1964	Coach Queensland 1965–1967	Succeeded by Des Crow 1968–1970