National Football League
Doherty played professionally, first, with the former Brooklyn Tigers in 1944, when he was declared "Rookie of the Year". He was twice named to the NFL "All Pro" team. He continued with the former Boston Yanks in 1945, the former Buffalo Bisons and the former New York Yankees in 1946, and finally with the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo, New York, in 1947.
While he was in California playing the former Los Angeles Rams (1946–1995), Doherty claimed to have kissed the actress Carole Landis, sat beside Joan Caulfield on a bench, visited in the home of the crooner Bing Crosby, and been feted at the Brown Derby restaurant by the celebrity Don Ameche.
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