John Dockery (September 6, 1944) is an American sportscaster and former

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who played for the

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and later the

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from 1968 to 1973. He graduated from Brooklyn Preparatory a Jesuit High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jets out of

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. He spent the last two years of his playing career with the Steelers.John Dockery
pro-football-reference.com In 1965, he played

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for the now defunct Sagamore Clouters of the

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. A first-baseman, Dockery played alongside future major league manager Bob Schaefer under Clouters' manager

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, who skippered the team to the 1965 league title.Price, Christopher. ''Baseball by the Beach'', Hyannis, MA: Parnassus Imprints, 1998, p.144. . Following his retirement, Dockery went on to co-host ''Sports Extra'' on

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Channel 5 in

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with Bill Mazer. He also served as a

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for ''

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'' and ''

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'' telecasts as well as a sideline reporter for '' College Football on CBS'' and ''

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''. For the

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, Dockery was the color analyst in Week 11's Vikings-Lions game along with play-by-play Dan Dierdorf. Dockery traded positions with Dan Dierdorf as play-by-play of the Week 16's '' Packers-Buccaneers game'' with Dierdorf taking over as color analyst. Dockery served as a

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for ''

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'' broadcasts on

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radio from 1999 to 2007. Prior to that, he served as analyst for the network's '' Sunday Night Football'' radiocasts, as well as sideline reporter for other games. Dockery continues to serve the game of football by co-organizing a youth football camp with

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that is in this 44th year. Additionally after his sports career Dockery founded Cambridge Corporate Services in 1998, a New York–based outsourcing service provider.

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Full roster of all American Football League players 1960 - 1969Joe Namath / John Dockery Football CampCambridge Corporate Services
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