Robert Doherty (12 February 1870 – 19 December 1942) was an
English
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rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer for the
St. Helens club in the English
Championship competition. He played as a
three-quarter back Three-quarter back is the back-line positions of wing or centre in either rugby league or rugby union.
See also
*Rugby league positions
*Rugby union positions
*Half back (disambiguation)
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.
Doherty played in the first
Challenge Cup
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final for St Helens on the wing.
References
External links
St Helens Heritage Society profile
1870 births
1942 deaths
English rugby league players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league players from Kendal
Rugby league wingers
St Helens R.F.C. players
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