John Norman Doig was an 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 East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval...

 in the West Australian National Football League

West Australian Football League

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 (WANFL) during the 1930s. He also had a brief stint with Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Doig was from a famous footballing family, with his first cousins George Doig

George Doig

George Doig , was a full forward for the East Fremantle Football Club from 1933 to 1945.Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, George Doig's football career started in the South Suburban Football Competition in and around Fremantle. In one game in 1931 he kicked the whole score of his team - 26.21 -...

 and Ron Doig

Ron Doig, Sr.

Ronald Oldham Doig was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League and first-class cricket with Western Australia....

, amongst others, playing league football. His brothers Bill and Edgar also represented East Fremantle in the WANFL. He made a total of 138 senior appearances for East Fremantle, with Doig's two games at Essendon coming when he was in Melbourne on war service.