Jon Dorotich

Australian rules footballer and television commentator

Australian rules footballer
Jon Dorotich
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Michael Dorotich
Date of birth (1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 62)
Original team(s) South Fremantle
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1981–1985, 1994–1997 South Fremantle 148 (454)[1]
1986–1993 Carlton 132 (103)
Total 280 (557)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jonathan Michael Dorotich (born 27 April 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Known as "Doro", he moved to Carlton in 1986 where he played in the Grand Final in his first season against Hawthorn. In the following year's 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 148 games with the Bulldogs, and won the best and fairest award in 1985. He won the Bernie Naylor Medal 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.

Dorotich also played six State Of Origin football games for Western Australia, winning the 1997 Simpson Medal against Tasmania where he kicked ten goals, as well as 17 pre-season games (three for South Fremantle and 14 for Carlton) where he kicked 21 goals (five for South Fremantle and 16 for Carlton), giving Dorotich a total of 303 career senior matches and 588 career senior goals.

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

References

  1. ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
  • Carlton FC bio
  • ABC Perth bio
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Carlton Football Club 1987 VFL premiers
Carlton 15.14 (104) defeated Hawthorn 9.17 (71), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Walls
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Simpson Medal winners
WAFL Grand Finals
Interstate Rep. Matches
Interstate Carnivals/Tours
Interstate Club Matches
  • 1946: Richards (Coll) (East Frem v Collingwood)
  • 1947: Jenkins (SF) (South Frem v Essendon)
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West Australian Football League leading goal-kickers
The leading goalkicker in the West Australian Football League after the home-and-away season is awarded the Bernie Naylor Medal
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Western Australian team1984 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 14.14 (98) defeated South Australia 14.13 (97), at Football Park, 9 June 1984
Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984
Both games
State game vs. South Australia
State of Origin vs. Victoria
Coach: Todd
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Western Australian team1987 Interstate Championships
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987
Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987
Both games
State game vs. South Australia
State of Origin vs. Victoria
Coach: Todd
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Western Australian team 1992 State of Origin
Victoria 23.19 (157) defeated Western Australia 13.12 (90), at the MCG, 26 May 1992
Coach: Malthouse


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