Bill Downie
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
See also
References
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Downie, Bill", pp. 236–237 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Template:ISBN
External links
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE's playing statistics from AFL TablesTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Downie (VX38839)
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- 1908 births
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- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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- St Kilda Football Club players
- Northcote Football Club players
- Eaglehawk Football Club players
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Australian prisoners of war
- Burma Railway prisoners
- Military personnel from Victoria (state)
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen