John Dorge

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Dorge
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1962(1962-10-17)
Age	62
Birthplace	Toowoomba
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Libra

John Dorge Biography

John Dorge is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 17, 1962 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

John Dorge also known as the “towering chicken farmer”, a 6’10” (209 cm) tall centre, started his NBL career in 1985 playing for the Brian Kerle coached Brisbane Bullets. The Bullets, beaten Grand Finalists in 1984, would go one better in Dorge’s rookie season when they defeated the Adelaide 36ers 121-95 to win the clubs first NBL championship. Among Dorge’s team mates were the likes of Olympians Larry Sengstock and Danny Morseu, Leroy Loggins who would go on to be regarded as the best import player in NBL history, Cal Bruton, Ronnie “The Rat” Radliff and Robert Sibley.

The Bullets again made the NBL Grand Final in 1986, this time played over a 3 game series for the first time and again they would face the 36ers who had gone through the 1986 NBL season with a 24-2 record, including a 13-0 home record. In 1986 the Bullets had moved from the 2,700 capacity Sleeman Sports Centre into the 13,500 seat Brisbane Entertainment Centre and a then NBL record crowd of 11,000 saw the first game of the series go into overtime with the 36ers eventually running out winners 122-119. The Bullets then surprised in Game 2 at the Apollo Stadium in Adelaide, winning 104-83 before the 36ers wrapped up the series and their first championship with a 113-91 win in the deciding Game 3. Matched up against 6’9″ (206 cm) 36ers centre and team captain Bill Jones (who averaged 19.6 points, 15.6 rebounds and 3 blocks), Dorge averaged 4.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in the series.

John Dorge Net Worth

John Dorge is one of the richest Basketball Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Dorge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Dorge (born 17 October 1962 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is a former basketball player from Australia. Dorge played in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) from 1985-1998, playing for the Brisbane Bullets, Geelong Supercats and the South East Melbourne Magic, winning four NBL championships as well as representing Australia in international competition.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

John Dorge height 6 ft 10 in Lamar weight 118 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is John Dorge Dating?

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Dorge played for the Boomers in their 5 game ‘exhibition’ series against the Magic Johnson All-Stars in March 1995 and counts hitting a skyhook over Magic himself in Game 2 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre as one of his career highlights. Due to the absence of Longley who was playing for the Chicago Bulls, and Australia’s other big men in 6’10” (208 cm) players Mark Bradtke and Ray Borner (who did play in Game 5 in Perth), Dorge (along with North Melbourne’s 6’9″ (206 cm) centre Paul Rees), was the Australian starting centre through the series.

Facts & Trivia

Lamar Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Dorge celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.

After his playing career, John Dorge took up coaching basketball in New Zealand, winning the New Zealand NBL Coach of the Year Award while coaching the Harbour Heat in the 2007 NZNBL season.