STATISTICS & HISTORY
John “Plugger” Doherty was raised in South Worcester, Massachusetts where he was a standout athlete, excelling at basketball, football and baseball. One of his main rivals was William “Kid” Dark, a West Worcester standout whom he would later partner with for many years in professional basketball. Doherty played football and basketball for two years at Holy Cross College before he turned pro in 1905. He played for two seasons with the powerful Boston Athletic Association team and then joined the St.Johnsbury, Vermont independent team led by famed center Toby Matthews. In 1908, Doherty was recruited by Kid Dark to join the Greensburg team in the Central Basketball League. Doherty quickly acquired a reputation as one of the most tencious defenders in the CBL. He and and Dark were teammates for the next four seasons.
| PLUGGER DOHERTY | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 160 | College: | Holy Cross’05 | |||||
| John Francis Doherty | Born: | Oct 13, 1885 | Died: Nov 11, 1933 | Hometown: | Worcester, Ma. | ||||||
| Plugger Doherty | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1903-04 | Holy Cross | College | |||||||||
| 1904-05 | Holy Cross | College | |||||||||
| 1905-06 | Fitchburg Co D Guards | Indep | |||||||||
| 1906-07 | Fitchburg Co D Guards | Indep | |||||||||
| 1906-07 | East Boston AA | Indep | |||||||||
| 1907-08 | East Boston AA | Indep | |||||||||
| 1907-08 | St.Johnsbury (Vt) | Indep | |||||||||
| 1908-09 | Greensburg | CBL | 62 | 99 | 0 | 198 | 3.2 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Greensburg | CBL | 65 | 123 | 0 | 246 | 3.8 | ||||
| 1910-11 | Connellsville | CBL | 47 | 123 | 0 | 246 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Schenectady | NYSL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Connellsville | CBL | 50 | 98 | 0 | 196 | 3.9 | ||||
| 1912-13 | Cohoes | NYSL | 43 | 67 | 57 | 191 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1913-14 | Cohoes | NYSL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Worcester | CML | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 270 | 512 | 59 | 1083 | 4.0 | ||||||