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Full name | John Patrick Dougherty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | 18 April 1931|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Patrick Dougherty (born 18 April 1931) is an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s.
A schoolboy product from Marist Brothers Hamilton, he played for the South Sydney club in the NSWRFL Premiership. [2]
Dougherty was the Five-eighth and won 3 grand finals with the team. He scored 32 tries and 72 goals. A Sydney and New South Wales representative, [3] Dougherty was also chosen to play for Australia but was injured forcing him out of that match. [4]
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