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Con Doherty

Con Doherty

Australian rules footballer

Cornelius Doherty (8 November 1884 – 28 June 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He was named in the best players in his single game for the club.[2]

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Family

The son of Cornelius Doherty (-1905), and Hanora Doherty (c.1845-1932), née Hurley,[3] Cornelius Doherty was born at Creswick, Victoria on 8 November 1884.

He married Elizabeth Lee in 1913.

Death

He died at his home, in South Melbourne, on 28 June 1967.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    Observer (7 June 1909). "The University beaten". The Argus. p. 5. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Deaths: Doherty, The Age, (Saturday, 17 December 1932), p.11.
  4. [4]
    Deaths: Doherty, The Age, (Thursday, 29 June 1967), p.15.
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