DOB: 5 August 1915
Died: 16 February 1998
Debut: Round 6, 1943 against Footscray at Western Oval
Last Game: Round 7, 1944 against North Melbourne at Arden Street
From: South Adelaide/South Adelaide-Sturt
Number: 23 1943-1944
Games: 9
Goals: 0
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 55.55 |
Michael John Doherty debuted for South Adelaide in 1939 and the midfielder was best and fairest for a combined wartime South/Sturt team in 1942. In February that year he enlisted in the Army, and when he was transferred to Victoria in 1943, Doherty was cleared to Melbourne. He played nine games over two years before returning to South Adelaide for a final season in 1945.
Doherty served with the 1N Ordnance division during World War II.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1943 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
Move to Victoria may have been after transferring to the Navy in June 1943. Retired before 1948.
Media
Sporting Globe - 21/04/1943
Argus - 30/04/1943, 03/06/1943
Herald - 08/06/1943, 19/08/1943
Australasian - 24/06/1944
News - 21/04/1945
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