Jock Doherty

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|10|3|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|6|15|1894|10|3|df=y}}

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| originalteam = North Melbourne Juniors

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| statsend = 1925

| years1 = 1915–1922

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 67 (37)

| years2 = 1925

| club2 = North Melbourne

| games_goals2 = {{0}}4 {{0}}(3)

| games_goalstotal = 71 (40)

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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.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Doherty was captain-coach of Ganmain Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1923.{{cite web |title=1923 - Narandera v Ganmain |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119948868 |publisher=Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW) |access-date=22 January 2023 |pages=2 |date=18 May 1923}}{{cite web |author1=Jim Carroll |title=About Ganmain Football Club - History |url=https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1968-09-22-SWDFL-The-Aussie-Ruler-Vol.-8-No.-23.pdf |website=The Aussie Ruler |publisher=South West DFL |access-date=22 January 2023 |date=22 September 1968}} Doherty played with Ganmain FC{{cite web |title=1924 - Stars defeat Ganmain |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143345538 |publisher=Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW) |access-date=22 January 2023 |pages=4 |date=17 September 1924}} in their losing 1924 grand final loss to Narrandera.{{cite web |title=1924 - Narandera defeats Ganmain |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155877099 |publisher=The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW) |access-date=22 January 2023 |pages=2 |date=24 September 1924}}

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.The Argus, [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2113655 "North's Initial Success"], 4 May 1925. p. 9 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.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jock_Doherty.html AFL Tables: Jock Doherty]