George Doherty

Mississippi State University Louisiana Tech University

Doherty was born in Canton, the seat of government of Madison County in central Mississippi, where he successfully played football in high school. He then attended Mississippi State University in Starkville for a year. He subsequently transferred to Louisiana Tech, where he played as a right tackle with the Bulldogs for three seasons in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference. He swerved in the United States Army during World War II. In 1945, he procured his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tech. He also obtained a masters degree from George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, which qualified him to teach mathematics at the secondary school level.

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