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Jock Doherty
Personal information
Full name	Jock Doherty
Date of birth	(1894-10-03)3 October 1894
Date of death	15 June 1957(1957-06-15) (aged 62)
Original team(s)	North Melbourne Juniors
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1915–1922	South Melbourne	67 (37)
1925	North Melbourne	04 0(3)
Total		71 (40)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jock Doherty (3 October 1894 – 15 June 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Doherty, who was blind in one eye, played as a rover in the South Melbourne team which won the 1918 VFL Grand Final.^[1]

Doherty was captain-coach of Ganmain Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1923.^[2]^[3] Doherty played with Ganmain FC^[4] in their losing 1924 grand final loss to Narrandera.^[5]

Having earlier been a North Melbourne junior, Doherty returned to the club as they prepared for their inaugural VFL season in 1925. He participated in their first ever league game, kicking two goals to help North Melbourne defeat Geelong by eight points.^[6] Out of all North Melbourne players that day he was the second most experienced and one of just four footballers who had previously played VFL football.^[7]

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ "1923 - Narandera v Ganmain". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 18 May 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ Jim Carroll (22 September 1968). "About Ganmain Football Club - History" (PDF). The Aussie Ruler. South West DFL. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "1924 - Stars defeat Ganmain". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW). 17 September 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "1924 - Narandera defeats Ganmain". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 24 September 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ The Argus, "North's Initial Success", 4 May 1925. p. 9
^ AFL Tables: Jock Doherty

v t e South Melbourne Football Club 1918 VFL premiers
South Melbourne 9.8 (62) defeated Collingwood 7.15 (57), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Belcher 4. Barber 6. Caldwell (c) 8. Doherty 9. Daly 12. Graham 14. Howell 16. Hynes 17. Laird 20. O'Halloran 22. Rademacher 23. Robertson 24. Ryan 26. Skehan 27. Tandy 29. Turner 30. Wood 32. O'Donoghue
Coaches: Elms Howson

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