| Jon Dorotich | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jonathan Michael Dorotich | ||
| Born | (1962-04-27)27 April 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Original team | 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 | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jonathan Michael Dorotich (born 27 April 1962) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theCarlton Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL) and for theSouth Fremantle Football Club in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL).
Known as "Doro", he moved to Carlton in 1986 where he played in the grand final in his first season againstHawthorn. In the following year's grand final, he played at full-forward in the rematch with Hawthorn, in which Carlton won the premiership.
He played in 132 games for Carlton before returning to Western Australia, where he co-captained South Fremantle in their 1997WAFL premiership win. He played 148 games with the Bulldogs, and won the best and fairest award in 1985. He won theBernie 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 holds the record for the fewest disposals in a VFL/AFL match in which a player receivedBrownlow Medal votes, receiving two votes in a 1992 match in which he had only three disposals.[2]
Dorotich also played sixState Of Origin football games for Western Australia, winning the 1997Simpson Medal againstTasmania 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 theABC television's coverage of the WAFL.
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