Gary Nolan (born ) is an English former rugby league footballer for

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( Heritage № 862). Nolan was a substitute, and scored a

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's 14–4 victory over

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in the Premiership Final during the 1990-91 season at

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on 12 May 1991. He had previously scored the winning try in the semi-final against

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, leapt into the air to collect a

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from Greg Mackey and taking the ball out of the hands of Leeds "star" All-Black full-back John Gallagher. Nolan had been an amateur with Hull Dockers just six weeks previously. He made his mark in the Old Trafford game after entering as a 48th-minute substitute. He claimed the clinching

in the 14–4 win with just 10 minutes remaining when he stretched out an arm through a tangle of bodies. It was only his fourth first-team appearance and he enjoyed only a short career. As of 2007, he is the manager of a food processing plant in

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