Early Life
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.
Doig attended Fremantle Boys' School in Fremantle, but played "little football" at school. In 1931, Doig played for an East Fremantle side in the Fremantle Suburban Football Association, a local competition. Despite his team finishing second from last, Doig kicked 126 goals from 20 games to lead the competition's goalkicking. The competition was quite casual and of a low standard; in a 1954 interview, Doig characterised himself as part of the "barefoot brigade". In one match against Palmyra at Fremantle Park, Doig kicked his team's entire score, 26 goals and 20 behinds, to Palmyra's seven goals and seven behinds. The Sunday Times noted it as "a splendid performance". The following season, Doig played with East Fremantle's affiliate in the Western Australian National Football Association (WANFA), which acted as a sort of reserve or seconds team for the main club.
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