John Dowling (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 6 April 1953 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1972 | Easts (Brisbane) | |||||
| 1974 | Wynnum-Manly | |||||
| 1979–84 | St. George Dragons | 117 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 70 |
| Total | 117 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 70 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1982 | Queensland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero | ||||||
John Dowling (born 6 April 1953) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s.
Biography
Murwillumbah hooker came to Brisbane Easts in 1972 before joining Wynnum-Manly in 1974. A Queensland rep against France in 1977, Dowling ventured to the St. George Dragons in 1979 but missed the club's grand final success that year because of suspension. He went on to play in three Rugby League State of Origin matches for Queensland in 1982 before returning to Brisbane at the end of the 1984 season. Dowling was a lower grade coach under Craig Young at St. George in the late 1980s. Returned to Brisbane in 1985 playing for Norths Devils.