Rugby player
Birth name | James Thomas Docherty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1931-06-05)5 June 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Docherty (5 June 1931 – 18 October 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. In his rugby career he played as a Centre.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Docherty played for Glasgow HSFP.
Provincial career
He was selected by Glasgow District to play Australia.
International career
He was capped for Scotland 8 times between 1955 and 1958.
Docherty also played for the Barbarians.
Outside of rugby
Family
His father was a tailor but he was also a noted footballer; on the books for Glasgow Rangers, Clyde and Ayr United.
Business
After he retired from rugby he ran the family tailor business.
References
- "James Thomas Docherty".
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Obituary: James Thomas Docherty, rugby player".
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jimmy Docherty - Test matches".
- ^ "James Thomas Docherty".