{{short description|GB & England international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Alec Dockar | fullname = Alec Dockar | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|12|28}} | birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|1994|1|1|1919|12|28}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Craven Park Diary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/899398638 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=8 January 1994 |page=8 |department=Sports Mail |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> | height = | weight = | position = {{rlp|LF}} | club1 = {{nowrap|Hull Kingston Rovers}} | year1start = 1937 | year1end = 53 | appearances1 = 255 | tries1 = 52 | goals1 = 134 | fieldgoals1 = 0 | points1 = 424 | club2 = → Halifax {{smaller|(guest)}} | year2start = 1940 | year2end = 41 | appearances2 = 18 | tries2 = 6 | goals2 = 2 | fieldgoals2 = 0 | points2 = 22 | club3 = → Hull F.C. {{smaller|(guest)}} | year3start = 1945 | year3end = | appearances3 = 1 | tries3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | fieldgoals3 = 0 | points3 = 0 | teamA = England | yearAstart = 1946 | yearAend = 47 | appearancesA = 6 | triesA = 0 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 0 | teamB = Great Britain | yearBstart = 1947 | yearBend = | appearancesB = 1 | triesB = 0 | goalsB = 0 | fieldgoalsB = 0 | pointsB = 0 | teamC = Rugby League XIII | yearCstart = 1946 | appearancesC = 1 | triesC = 2 | goalsC = 0 | fieldgoalsC = 0 | pointsC = 6 | teamD = Yorkshire | yearDstart = 1946 | yearDend = 49 | appearancesD = 4 | triesD = 1 | goalsD = 0 | fieldgoalsD = 0 | pointsD = 3 | new = yes | retired = yes | updated = 10 May 2009 |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alec-dockar/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="RKC">{{Rugby league records |id=8846 |title=Alec Dockar |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> | module = {{infobox person | embed = yes | relatives = Zach Dockar-Clay (great-grandson) }} }}
'''Alec Dockar''' (28 December 1919 – 1 January 1994<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/899397673/ |title=Personal Announcements |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=3 January 1994 |page=29 |url-access=subscription |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers as a {{rlp|lf}}. During the Second World War he made guest appearances for Halifax and Hull F.C..<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/>
==Representative appearances== Dockar appeared for a Rugby League XIII against a Racing Club de Paris XIII game in Paris April 1946 after the Victory Internationals. Dockar scoring two tries in a 36–19 victory.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19460429/076/0003 |title=Paris side beaten |work=Yorkshire Post |date=29 April 1946 |page=3 |issue=30791 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Dockar made four appearances for Yorkshire in the County Championship between 1946 and 1949.<ref name="RKC"/>
==International honours== Dockar won caps for England while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1946 against Wales (2 matches), and France, in 1947 against France (2 matches), and Wales, and made a single appearance for Great Britain while at Hull Kingston Rovers in 1947 against New Zealand.<ref name="RKC"/>
==Personal life== Dockar was the great-grandfather of the rugby league footballer who has played in the 2010s; Zach Dockar-Clay.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Westmorland |first1=Gareth |title=ZDC - Warrington game means everything to me for my KR chance |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/rugby-league-news/warrington-game-means-everything-players-520862 |access-date=25 May 2026 |work=Hull Live |date=23 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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