heightweight death_place death_date years clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
191 cm / 93 kg geelong , victoria 21 november 1991 1934-1936 ' - 1936-1941 1942-1943 1944-1945 1945 '' ` total '' carlton geelong footscray geelong south melbourne 1945 beulah 9 december 1913 george dougherty
 george dougherty
george dougherty

george dougherty -lrb- 9 december 1913 -- 21 november 1991 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for four clubs in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- 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 .
