ru_nationalteam birth_place ru_nationalcaps height article_title birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
eng lions warrington 57 2 6 8 wade dooley
 2 october 1957 -lrb- 12 -rrb- -lrb- 0 -rrb- lock wade anthony dooley 1985 -- 1993 1989
wade dooley

wade dooley -lrb- born 2 october 1957 -rrb- is a former england rugby union international who played lock forward .
he played for his country 55 times and was known as the `` blackpool tower '' , as a result of being 6 feet 8 inches tall and a police officer with lancashire constabulary in blackpool .
dooley was born in warrington , northern england and played rugby league as a teenager , taking up rugby union aged 19 .
he played most of his career for preston grasshoppers , where he was nurtured by former england international and coach dick greenwood .
he also had a brief spell with fylde .
dooley made his international debut on 5 january 1985 against romania .
he later established a second row partnership with fellow police officer paul ackford .
in 1987 he broke the cheekbone of welsh player phil davies with a punch during a rough game in cardiff .
dooley went on the 1989 british lions tour to australia , playing in the final two test matches .
he was also part of the england team that won back-to-back grand slams in 1991 and 1992 .
dooley also went on the 1993 british lions tour to new zealand , but left the tour to return home for the funeral of his father .
he was replaced on the tour by the young leicester england lock martin johnson , and decided to retire .
