Bill Downie | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 3 December 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Deniliquin | ||
Date of death | 11 September 1943 | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Burma-Siam Railway, Burma | ||
Original team(s) | Eaglehawk | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–1932 | Footscray | 54 (26) | |
1933 | St Kilda | 15 | (2)|
Total | 69 (28) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Downie (4 December 1908 – 11 September 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Downie played as a ruckman and represented Footscray 54 times before finishing off his VFL career with a year at St Kilda. He was then picked up by Northcote in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and was a member of their 1937 premiership side.
He served his country in World War II and was killed by a Japanese guard in a Prisoner of War camp.