George Doig

George Doig
Personal information
Full name	George Ronald Doig
Date of birth	(1913-05-25)25 May 1913
Place of birth	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death	27 November 2006(2006-11-27) (aged 93)
Place of death	Bicton, Western Australia, Australia
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (FSFA)
Height / weight	5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) 146 pounds (66 kg)
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1933–45	East Fremantle	202 (1103)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1934–39	Western Australia	14 (62)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1940	East Fremantle	22 (15–6–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1939. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1940.
Career highlights
WANFL leading goalkicker 1933–37, 1941 East Fremantle leading goalkicker 1933–41 East Fremantle premiership side 1933, 1937, 1945 East Fremantle captain 1940–41 East Fremantle life member (1949) Fremantle Football Hall of Legends (1995) East Fremantle Team of the Century (1997) The West Australian Team of the Century (2000) Australian Football Hall of Fame (2002) West Australian Football Hall of Fame (2004)

George Ronald Doig (25 May 1913 – 27 November 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and later coached the East Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). A member of the Doig sporting family, Doig kicked 1103 goals from his 203 games playing almost exclusively as a forward, becoming East Fremantle's leading goalkicker of all-time, and leading the WANFL's goalkicking on six occasions. He kicked more than 100 goals in a season nine times, which included a haul of 152 goals in 1934 that set an Australian record, which was not broken until Bernie Naylor (South Fremantle) kicked 167 goals in 1953. Doig captained the club for two seasons, from 1940 to 1941, also filling the role of coach during the first season.

Doig also represented the Western Australian state side in 14 matches, kicking 62 goals. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and was named as a "Legend" in the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004. Doig also features in East Fremantle‘s Team of the Century, and the Fremantle Football Hall of Legends.

Doig was born on 25 May 1913 to Charles George Alexander Doig and his wife, Isabella Brand Doig (née Miller), at their residence at 30 Howard Street, Fremantle. Doig was a member of the Doig sporting family which produced 17 WAFL footballers. His father, Charles Doig, Sr., played 209 games for East Fremantle between 1903 and 1921, and later coached the club for one season, in 1940. His brother, Charles Doig, Jr., played 196 games for East Fremantle and also captained the club.