Jonathan Michael Dorotich (born 27 April 1962) is a former

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er who played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

in the

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(AFL) and for the

South Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. The club plays in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), commonly going by the nickname the ''Bulldo ...

in the

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(WAFL). Known as "Doro" he moved to Carlton in 1986 where he played in the grand final in his first season against

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. In the following years grand final, he played at full-forward in the rematch with Hawthorn where Carlton won the flag. He played in 132 games for Carlton before returning to Western Australia where he co-captained South Fremantle in their 1997 WAFL premiership win. He played a total of 151 games with the Bulldogs, and won the best and fairest award in 1985. He won the

Bernie Naylor Medal The Bernie Naylor Medal is an Australian rules football award which is given to the leading goalkicker at the end of each home and away season in the West Australian Football League. It is named after South Fremantle full-forward Bernie Naylor. Be ...

as the WAFL's leading goalscorer twice, in 1996 with 88 goals and 107 the following year. His height was 193 cm and his weight was 103 kg. In interstate games, Dorotich played in six State Of Origin football games for Western Australia, winning the 1997

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against

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Since retiring from playing, he's been a commentator for the ABC television's coverage of the WAFL.

References

Carlton FC bio
Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players Western Australian State of Origin players South Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Fremantle Australian rules football commentators Australian television presenters 1962 births Living people Australian people of Croatian descent One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub