{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Neil Doolan | image = | birth_date = 27 January 1933 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|22|1933|1|27|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Happy Valley | height = 178 cm | weight = 70 kg | position = | statsend = 1960 | years1 = 1951–1960 | club1 = North Melbourne | games_goals1 = 103 (18) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Neil Doolan''' (27 January 1933 – 22 December 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/AFL%20Annual%20Report%202012_web.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015070158/http://www.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/AFL%20Annual%20Report%202012_web.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2013|title=AFL Annual Report 2012 – Obituaries|publisher=Australian Football League|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Doolan played as both a wingman and centreman during his career, first appearing for North Melbourne in the 1951 season. He played most of that year however in the reserves competition and won the Gardiner Medal for the league's best and fairest player.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23078097 |title=Gardiner medal to Neil Doolan. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=5 September 1951 |accessdate=10 September 2014 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Doolan represented Victoria twice at interstate football.
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==External links== *{{AFL Tables | N/Neil_Doolan }} *{{AustralianFootball | neil+doolan/8083 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doolan, Neil}} Category:1933 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:North Melbourne Football Club players Category:Northcote Football Club coaches