George Dougherty

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George Dougherty
Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-12-09)9 December 1913
Date of death	21 November 1991(1991-11-21) (aged 77)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s)	Beulah
Height / weight	191 cm / 93 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–1936 1936–1941 1942–1943 1944–1945 1945 Total –	Carlton Geelong Footscray Geelong South Melbourne	017 0(15) 098 (158) 025 0(30) 023 0(30) 010 0(26) 173 (259)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Career highlights
Geelong premiership player - 1937

George Dougherty (9 December 1913 – 21 November 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for four clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1934 to 1945.

A ruckman who also played up forward, Dougherty started his career with Carlton Football Club but after two and a half seasons crossed to Geelong where he would play his best football. Dougherty was a key member of Geelong's 1937 premiership winning side, kicking 38 goals for the year and was the starting ruckman in their Grand Final win over Collingwood. In 1940 he polled well in the Brownlow Medal, finishing equal seventh.

Dougherty moved to Footscray in 1942 only to return to Geelong after two years. Dougherty finished his career at South Melbourne where he spent the 1945 season before retiring.

External links

George Dougherty's statistics from AFL Tables

Geelong Football Club 1937 VFL premiers

Geelong 18.14 (122) defeated Collingwood 12.18 (90), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Slack 5. Evans 6. Dougherty 7. Abbott 8. Arklay 9. Hore 10. Everett 13. Coles 14. Grant 15. Mahon 16. Quinn 17. Hawking 18. Hickey (c) 21. Sellwood 22. Metherell 25. L. Hardiman 26. Wills 27. P. Hardiman 28. Muller

Coach: Hickey

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