Tom Docherty

{{Short description|English footballer (1924–2020)}}

{{For|the Scottish football player and manager|Tommy Docherty}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tom Docherty

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1924|4|15}}

| birth_place = Penshaw, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|12|28|1924|4|15}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Left winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Murton C.W.

| years1 = 1947–1950

| clubs1 = Lincoln City

| caps1 = 45

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1950–1953

| clubs2 = Norwich City

| caps2 = 85

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1953–1955

| clubs3 = Reading

| caps3 = 53

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1955–1958

| clubs4 = Newport County

| caps4 = 108

| goals4 = 1

| years5 =

| clubs5 = King's Lynn

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| totalcaps = 291

| totalgoals = 10

| club-update =

| ntupdate =

}}

Tom Docherty (15 April 1924 – 28 December 2020) was an English professional footballer. A winger, he joined Newport County in 1955 from Reading and went on to make 108 appearances for Newport, scoring one goal. In 1958 he joined King's Lynn.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/newport/newport.html Newport County A-Z of transfers] He died in December 2020 at the age of 96.[https://www.weareimps.com/news/2021/january/210106-tommy-docherty/ Tom Docherty: 1924-2020][https://staceywest.net/2021/01/11/remembering-thomas-docherty/ Remembering Thomas Docherty]