Birth name | Chris Docherty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 January 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Docherty (born 14 January 1976 in Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Hooker position.
He played once in the Heineken Cup for Glasgow, in the season 1997-98 against Leicester Tigers, coming off the bench. Glasgow lost the match 90 - 19 in the Quarter Final play-off. [1]
He was announced in Glasgow's Heineken Cup squad of 2001 - 02. [2] [3]
The Hooker started out his amateur career with Glasgow High Kelvinside. [4] [5] On GHK merge with Glasgow Academicals in 1997 to form the Glasgow Hawks; he played for the new club.
Docherty played for the amateur club side Glasgow Hawks [6] [7] and captained them in season 2001 - 02. [8]
He moved into coaching for one season at Hawks, before moving to coach Cartha Queens Park RFC.[ citation needed ]
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