John Norman Doig (24 July 1910 – 29 July 2001) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played for
East Fremantle
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Etymology
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in the
West Australian National Football League
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(WANFL) during the 1930s. He also had a brief stint with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Doig was from a famous footballing family, with his first cousins
George Doig
George Ronald Doig (25 May 1913 – 27 November 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and later coached the East Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). A member of the Doig sport ...
and
Ron Doig, amongst others, playing league football. His brothers Bill and Edgar also represented East Fremantle in the WANFL. He made a total of 138 senior appearances for East Fremantle, with Doig's two games at Essendon coming when he was in Melbourne on war service.
References
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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
1910 births
2001 deaths
East Fremantle Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
Norman
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Australian people of Scottish descent
Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia
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