Doug Searl (born 22 March 1947) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
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and
Collingwood in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Searl started his career with Collingwood in
1966
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and played mostly as a centre half-forward. He spent two and a bit seasons at Collingwood, including playing in the
1966 VFL Grand Final
The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 69th annual grand final ...
, which Collingwood lost to
St Kilda by one point. During the
1968 VFL season
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Searl crossed to Fitzroy and had an immediate impact as a forward, kicking 31 goals in his eight games that year. In
1969
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Events January
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, Searl topped Fitzroy's goalkicking with 68 goals which was the fourth most in the VFL that season and the best tally by a Fitzroy player in over three decades. He spent the rest of his career as a centre half back, playing his last game in
1976
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.
Searl continued to be involved in football as a coach and steered the Fitzroy under-19 team to the
1982 premiership. Searl then went on to coach Richmond under 19s for six seasons claiming two premierships in 1985 and 1989.
In 1991 and 1992 Searl coached
Port Melbourne Football Club
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in the
Victorian Football Association
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(VFA).
Searl's father
Sid Searl played for Richmond and Port Melbourne in the 1940s, kicking 12 goals on debut, against
Sandringham Football Club
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before being dropped the next week.
[Atkinson, p. 34.]
References
Sources
* Atkinson, G. (1982) ''Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking'', The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. .
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1947 births
Collingwood Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Port Melbourne Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Living people