Jon Dorotich is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

 and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 during the 1980s and 1990s.

Known as "Doro" he moved to Carlton in 1986 where he played in the grand final in his first season against Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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. In the following years 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

West Australian Football League

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 premiership win. He played a total of 151 games with the Bulldogs, and won the best and fairest award in 1985. He won the Bernie Naylor Medal

Bernie Naylor Medal

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 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.

In interstate games, Dorotich played in six State Of Origin football

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

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 games for Western Australia, winning the 1997 Simpson Medal

Simpson Medal

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 against Tasmania

Tasmania

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Since retiring from playing, he's been a commentator for the ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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television's coverage of the WAFL.