Laurie Doran
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Full name | Laurie Doran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laurie Doran was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney and Newtown as a second rower.
Playing career
Doran began his first grade career in 1942 with Norths and played in the 1943 NSWRL grand final defeat against Newtown in front of a crowd of 60,922 which was a record attendance for a grand final at the time. In 1947, Doran played one season with Newtown and his final game in first grade was the semi-final defeat against Canterbury-Bankstown. Doran also played representative football for NSW City featuring in one game during the 1944 season.[2]
Coaching career
Doran coached his former club North Sydney for 1 season in 1951 as the side finished last on the table claiming the wooden spoon.
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Preceded by Frank Hyde 1950 | Coach![]() North Sydney 1951 | Succeeded by Ross McKinnon 1952–1953 |
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- Denis Lutge (1915–16)
- George Green (1918–19)
- Chris McKivat (1920–22)
- Jim Devereux (1924–25)
- Tom McMahon (1928)
- Leo O'Connor (1929)
- Tedda Courtney (1930)
- Tom Wright (1931)
- Arthur Edwards (1933)
- Herman Peters (1934)
- Frank Burge (1935)
- Jim Craig (1936)
- Laurie Ward (1937)
- Bob Williams (1938–39)
- Arthur Halloway (1940–41)
- Jack O'Reilly (1942)
- Frank Hyde (1943–44)
- Frank Burge (1945)
- Harry Forbes (1946)
- Cliff Pearce (1947–48)
- Harry McKinnon (1949)
- Frank Hyde (1950)
- Laurie Doran (1951)
- Ross McKinnon (1952–53)
- Rex Harrison (1954–55)
- Bruce Ryan (1956)
- Trevor Allan (1957–58)
- Ross McKinnon (1959)
- Greg Hawick (1960)
- Bob Sullivan (1961–62)
- Fred Griffiths (1963–66)
- Billy Wilson (1967)
- Colin Greenwood (1968)
- Ross Warner (1968)
- Roy Francis (1969–70)
- Merv Hicks (1971–72)
- Noel Kelly (1973–76)
- Bill Hamilton (1977–78)
- Tommy Bishop (1979)
- Ron Willey (1980–82)
- John Hayes (1983–84)
- Greg Hawick (1985)
- Brian Norton (1985–86)
- Frank Stanton (1987–88)
- Steve Martin (1990–92)
- Peter Louis (1993–99)
- Kieran Dempsey (1999)
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