John Dorrington (2 June 1881 – 9 January 1944) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire 12-year professional career with Birmingham (renamed from Small Heath in 1905), for which he made 106 appearances in the Football League. Dorrington then ran several pubs, organised charity football matches, and coached the junior teams at Aston Villa. He died in 1944 at the age of 62.