Duggie Laughton | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Duggie Laughton |
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HERITAGE NO : 810 Doug Laughton by Alex Service A classy loose forward, Doug Laughton began his career with the Saints in the early 1960s after he was turned down by his home-town club Widnes. He became one of the game's all-time great players for club and country and also found fame as a leading coach. Making his debut in the league match against Featherstone Rovers on 16th November 1963, Saints drew 11-11 with their Yorkshire opponents, with a disappointing crowd of 4,454 at Knowsley Road. Seen as the ideal replacement for the out-going Bill Major, Doug soon showed the power and ball-handling ability that was soon to bring him county honours with the Saints. He won a Western Division Championship medal at the end of his first season, together with a Lancashire Cup winner's medal in 1964-65, although the team were defeated by Halifax in the Championship final at the end of the campaign. Doug played part of the way through the famous Four Cups season in 1966 before joining deadly rivals Wigan for the following campaign. He became captain of the Central Park club and his career blossomed in terms of international recognition, with Doug taking part in Great Britain's Ashes success in Australia in 1970, when he was the fulcrum of a superb pack of forwards. He went on to join Widnes for £6,000 in 1972 and won every club honour with the Chemics. A closed season stint with the Canterbury Bulldogs followed in 1974, when he declined to go on the Australian Tour with Great Britain, but he was back in 1979 as captain for the Lions Down Under. Saints fans will remember him on the losing side as skipper of Widnes in the Dad's Army final of 1976, but he was still a fantastic footballer, earning the coveted man of Steel award in 1979. Doug turned his hand to coaching and was equally successful, more so with Widnes that Leeds, however, where he struggled to revive the Sleeping Giant of Yorkshire. Yet here is a man who has done virtually everything in the game and more often than not has done it very well indeed. Been there, done that and certainly got the T shirt, you may say. Perhaps it is just a pity that his initial stay with St.Helens was relatively brief! |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1963~64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
1964~65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
1965~66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
TOTALS: | 14 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1963~64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1964~65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1965~66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
ALL MATCHES |
Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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17th Aug 1963 | -- | W |
13 | Liverpool City* | Fr Charity Cup | H | 34 | 8 | VIEW | |||
16th Nov 1963 | 1 | D |
13 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 11 | 11 | VIEW | |||
1st Jan 1964 | 2 | L |
13 | Swinton | L | H | 6 | 8 | VIEW | |||
4th Jan 1964 | 3 | W |
13 | Salford | WDC | A | 15 | 5 | VIEW | |||
11th Jan 1964 | 4 | L |
13 | Hunslet | L | H | 10 | 12 | VIEW | |||
15th Feb 1964 | 5 | W |
13 | Barrow | WDC | A | 14 | 10 | VIEW | |||
22nd Feb 1964 | 6 | L |
13 | Leeds | L | H | 6 | 14 | VIEW | |||
29th Feb 1964 | 7 | W |
13 | Warrington | L | A | 17 | 10 | VIEW | |||
7th Mar 1964 | 8 | W |
13 | Huddersfield | L | A | 16 | 11 | VIEW | |||
14th Mar 1964 | 9 | W |
13 | Workington Town | L | H | 14 | 8 | VIEW | |||
21st Mar 1964 | 10 | W |
13 | Whitehaven | WDC | H | 50 | 7 | VIEW | |||
27th Mar 1964 | 11 | W |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 11 | 5 | VIEW | |||
30th Mar 1964 | 12 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | A | 10 | 7 | VIEW | |||
4th Apr 1964 | 13 | L |
13 | Widnes | L | H | 6 | 10 | VIEW | |||
8th Apr 1964 | 14 | L |
13 | Featherstone Rovers | L | A | 12 | 19 | VIEW | |||
11th Apr 1964 | 15 | W |
13 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 24 | 10 | 1 | VIEW | ||
15th Apr 1964 | 16 | W |
13 | Whitehaven | WDC | A | 3 | 0 | VIEW | |||
18th Apr 1964 | 17 | W |
13 | Liverpool City | WDC | A | 32 | 7 | VIEW | |||
22nd Apr 1964 | 18 | W |
13 | Wigan | L | A | 22 | 13 | VIEW | |||
25th Apr 1964 | 19 | W |
13 | Widnes | L | A | 19 | 8 | 1 | VIEW | ||
1st May 1964 | 20 | W |
13 | Oldham | WDCSF | H | 22 | 11 | 1 | VIEW | ||
6th May 1964 | 21 | W |
13 | Hull | L | A | 17 | 9 | 1 | VIEW | ||
16th May 1964 | 22 | W |
13 | Swinton | WDCF | N | 10 | 7 | VIEW | |||
27th May 1964 | 23 | L |
13 | Castleford | L | A | 10 | 11 | VIEW | |||
14th Aug 1964 | -- | W |
13 | Swinton* | Fr Gallie Cup | H | 22 | 2 | VIEW | |||
22nd Aug 1964 | 24 | W |
13 | Leigh | L | A | 19 | 6 | VIEW | |||
24th Aug 1964 | 25 | W |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 28 | 4 | VIEW | |||
29th Aug 1964 | 26 | W |
13 | Widnes | L | H | 29 | 6 | VIEW | |||
31st Aug 1964 | 27 | W |
13 | Whitehaven | L | A | 15 | 5 | VIEW | |||
14th Sep 1964 | 28 | W |
13 | Barrow | LC2 | A | 22 | 11 | VIEW | |||
19th Sep 1964 | 29 | W |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 17 | 6 | VIEW | |||
29th Sep 1964 | 30 | W |
13 | Warrington | LCSF | A | 10 | 8 | VIEW | |||
3rd Oct 1964 | 31 | W |
13 | Workington Town | L | H | 32 | 6 | VIEW | |||
10th Oct 1964 | 32 | W |
13 | Blackpool Borough | L | A | 31 | 9 | VIEW | |||
17th Oct 1964 | --NPS | W |
15 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 25 | 12 | VIEW | |||
24th Oct 1964 | 33 | W |
13 | Swinton | LCF | N | 12 | 4 | VIEW | |||
31st Oct 1964 | 34 | W |
13 | Oldham | L | H | 22 | 6 | 1 | VIEW | ||
7th Nov 1964 | 35 | W |
13 | Warrington | L | H | 26 | 10 | VIEW | |||
14th Nov 1964 | 36 | W |
13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 25 | 12 | VIEW | |||
21st Nov 1964 | 37 | W |
13 | Barrow | L | H | 37 | 3 | VIEW | |||
19th Dec 1964 | --NPS | W |
15 | Leigh | L | H | 10 | 7 | VIEW | |||
1st Jan 1965 | 38 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | A | 11 | 5 | VIEW | |||
9th Jan 1965 | 39 | W |
13 | Liverpool City | L | H | 23 | 3 | 3 | VIEW | ||
16th Jan 1965 | 40 | L |
13 | Warrington | L | A | 4 | 6 | VIEW | |||
23rd Jan 1965 | 41 | W |
13 | Whitehaven | L | H | 16 | 3 | VIEW | |||
27th Jan 1965 | -- | W |
13 | Other Nationalities* | Fr Opening of Floodl | H | 19 | 2 | 1 | VIEW | ||
6th Feb 1965 | 42 | W |
13 | Castleford | CC1 | H | 22 | 9 | VIEW | |||
13th Feb 1965 | 43 | L |
13 | Workington Town | L | A | 3 | 4 | VIEW | |||
16th Feb 1965 | 44 | W |
13 | Salford | L | H | 12 | 6 | VIEW | |||
20th Feb 1965 | 45 | W |
13 | Huddersfield | L | H | 28 | 6 | 1 | VIEW | ||
27th Feb 1965 | 46 | L |
13 | Wigan | CC2 | A | 2 | 7 | VIEW | |||
23rd Mar 1965 | 47 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 6 | 10 | VIEW | |||
27th Mar 1965 | 48 | L |
13 | Salford | L | A | 8 | 11 | VIEW | |||
30th Mar 1965 | 49 | W |
13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 8 | 2 | VIEW | |||
5th Apr 1965 | --NPS | W |
15 | Barrow | L | A | 21 | 14 | VIEW | |||
9th Apr 1965 | 50 | W |
13 | Liverpool City | L | A | 11 | 0 | VIEW | |||
16th Apr 1965 | 51 | W |
13 | Wigan | L | A | 16 | 8 | VIEW | |||
17th Apr 1965 | 52 | W |
13 | Widnes | L | A | 14 | 2 | VIEW | |||
19th Apr 1965 | 53 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | H | 16 | 5 | VIEW | |||
21st Apr 1965 | 54 | W |
13 | Huddersfield | L | A | 20 | 6 | VIEW | |||
24th Apr 1965 | 55 | W |
13 | Barrow | Ch1 | H | 23 | 7 | VIEW | |||
15th May 1965 | 56 | W |
13 | Wakefield Trinity | ChSF | H | 10 | 5 | VIEW | |||
22nd May 1965 | 57 | L |
13 | Halifax | ChF | N | 7 | 15 | VIEW | |||
14th Aug 1965 | -- | L |
13 | Swinton * | Fr Gallie Cup | A | 9 | 11 | VIEW | |||
20th Aug 1965 | 58 | W |
13 | Halifax | L | H | 15 | 4 | VIEW | |||
24th Aug 1965 | 59 | W |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 17 | 9 | 1 | VIEW | ||
10th Sep 1965 | 60 | L |
13 | Swinton | LC1 | H | 7 | 8 | VIEW | |||
15th Sep 1965 | 61 | W |
13 | New Zealand | Tour | H | 28 | 7 | 1 | VIEW | ||
18th Sep 1965 | 62 | W |
13 | Castleford | L | H | 21 | 6 | 1 | VIEW | ||
27th Sep 1965 | 63 | W |
13 | Widnes | L | A | 9 | 4 | 1 | VIEW | ||
5th Oct 1965 | 64 | W |
13 | Leigh | FT1 | H | 25 | 19 | VIEW | |||
9th Oct 1965 | 65 | W |
13 | Barrow | L | H | 18 | 14 | VIEW | |||
23rd Oct 1965 | 66 | W |
13 | Workington Town | L | H | 43 | 4 | VIEW | |||
30th Oct 1965 | 67 | W |
13 | Barrow | L | A | 15 | 10 | 1 | VIEW | ||
9th Nov 1965 | 68 | W |
13 | Huddersfield | L | H | 11 | 4 | VIEW | |||
13th Nov 1965 | 69 | W |
13 | Workington Town | L | A | 7 | 3 | VIEW | |||
16th Nov 1965 | 70 | W |
13 | Leeds | FT2 | H | 21 | 9 | VIEW | |||
19th Nov 1965 | 71 | W |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 19 | 7 | VIEW | |||
27th Nov 1965 | 72 | D |
13 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 9 | 9 | VIEW | |||
4th Dec 1965 | 73 | W |
13 | Whitehaven | L | A | 4 | 2 | VIEW | |||
7th Dec 1965 | 74 | W |
13 | Swinton | FTSF | H | 9 | 5 | VIEW | |||
14th Dec 1965 | 75 | L |
13 | Castleford | FTF | H | 0 | 4 | VIEW | |||
17th Dec 1965 | 76 | W |
13 | Blackpool Borough | L | H | 21 | 9 | VIEW | |||
19th Mar 1966 | --NPS | W |
15 | Swinton | CC2 | H | 16 | 4 | VIEW | |||
23rd Mar 1966 | 77 | W |
13 | Leigh | L | A | 6 | 5 | VIEW | |||
26th Mar 1966 | 78 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | A | 8 | 17 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 68 | LOSSES : 16 | DRAWS : 2 |
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