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Doug MacLean : Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:09 pm  

To be honest, as he played back in the middle and late fifties, I doubt many today will recall Doug, whose death, on the 31st of August, has been announced by his family. Indeed, I'm pretty much too young myself as I was only a kid when he played and remember him better as a colleague at Royal Mail in the eighties shortly before he retired. He played 26 games on the wing for Northern scoring 10 (3 point) tries and was a great bloke. His son Ian, also a winger, played for Northern in the seventies. RIP Doug and condolences to your family.

Re: Doug MacLean : Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:55 am  

What section of the Royal Mail did he work in?

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Re: Doug MacLean : Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:33 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

What section of the Royal Mail did he work in?

Doug was a driver based in Forster Square when I knew him.

Re: Doug MacLean : Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:49 am  

The name is really familiar but can put a face to it. I wasn't there that long, our times probably didn't cross and was inside on Primary Letters with Spike and only occasionally got out onto the dock. I'm sure my old man would have known him as he was on the vans before moving inside.

But if he was a Mailer he had to have been decent. RIP Doug.

Re: Doug MacLean : Sun Sep 10, 2017 2:16 pm  

Way to early to remember him playing but I know him and his family (grandson Ryan mainly) from Wibsey park bowls club where they all play. He was a grand chap who always gave his all even when his age and health was getting the best of him RIP dougie