Peter Docherty

Not to be confused with Peter Doherty (footballer).

Peter Docherty (14 February 1929 – 1957) was an English footballer who played as an outside forward in the Football League for Darlington.^[2]

Peter Docherty

Personal information
Full name	Peter Docherty[1]
Date of birth	(1929-02-14)14 February 1929[1]
Place of birth	Hebburn, England
Date of death	1957
Place of death	Darlington, England
Position(s)	Outside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1950	Fulham	0	(0)
1950–1951	Darlington	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Docherty signed for First Division club Fulham in September 1949,^[3] but he never represented them in the league, and returned to his native north-east of England and signed for Darlington a year later.^[1] Standing in for regular outside left Gordon Galley, Docherty scored on his senior debut, on 7 October 1950 in a 1–1 draw at home to Tranmere Rovers in the Third Division North. He kept his place for the next match, and made his third and final appearance in February 1951.^[4]

Docherty was born in 1929 in Hebburn, which was then part of County Durham, and died in Darlington in 1957.^[1]