Bruce Doull

Bruce Doull (born 11 September 1950 in Geelong, Victoria) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club.

Wearing guernsey number 11 and nicknamed the "Flying Doormat" due to the matted appearance of the constantly disarranged long portions of his extreme "comb over" hairstyle. He was recruited from Jacana at the age of 19 as a half-back flanker. Doull was a safe mark, a dependable kick and a footballer who rarely made a mistake.

Doull, shy and extremely reserved, did not give interviews and always preferred to stay in the background. He won Carlton's Best & Fairest in 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1984 and played in four Carlton premiership sides – 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1982, winning the Norm Smith Medal in 1981, and also played in the losing Grand Finals of 1973 and 1986. Doull was also a regular State of Origin representative. In 2009 The Australian nominated Doull as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal.

He is often remembered as being harassed by Carlton scarf-wearing streaker Helen D'Amico in the 1982 Grand Final between Carlton and Richmond. This incident was the focus of a recent installment of the Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement (with D'Amico appearing at the end), and is captured in Jamie Cooper's painting the Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport, Both Doull and D'Amico posed for a photo together 25 years later, making it clear they had long since settled their disagreements.

Doull's trademark was his greying beard and the navy blue and white headband with which he kept his thinning long hair in place. Never reported by the umpires for foul play, he was noted for his determination to play the ball rather than the man, rare in an era of occasionally brutal clashes. Brent Crosswell wrote: "Doull's game has a moral purity about it, and that is why opponents have always found it extremely difficult to be unfair to him. It would have shamed them."