Alison Downie Explained

Birth Date:1984 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Height:182 cm
Module:
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Career Start:2000
Career End:2016
Years1:2000–2016
Highlights:
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Draftpick:No. 129, 2016 AFL Women's draft:
Debutdate:Round 1, 2017
Years1:2017–2021
Games Goals1:39 (9)
Years2:2022 (S6)–2022 (S7)
Games Goals2:20 (1)
Games Goalstotal:59 (10)
Statsend:2022 season 7
Sooyears1:2017
Soogames Goals1:1 (0)
Repstatsend:2017
Careerhighlights:
  • Inaugural Carlton AFLW team: 2017
  • Victorian State of Origin: 2017

Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

Basketball

Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. She has been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade.[1] Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely.[2]

Australian rules football

Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best rucks in the 2016 season, she was drafted by Carlton for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017.[3] She made her league debut in the club and the league's inaugural match in round 1, 2017. At the end of the season, Downie was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad.[4]

Carlton signed Downie for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]

In June 2021, Downie was delisted by Carlton[6] and was subsequently signed by Collingwood as a delisted free agent.[7]

In March 2023, Downie announced her retirement from Australian football.[8]

AFLW statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S7) season[9] |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017|| 30 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 33 || 17 || 50 || 15 || 16 || 89 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 4.7 || 2.4 || 7.1 || 2.1 || 2.3 || 12.7 || 0|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018|| 30 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 24 || 22 || 46 || 15 || 11 || 45 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 3.4 || 3.1 || 6.5 || 2.1 || 21.6 || 6.4 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019|style="text-align:center;"|| 30 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 33 || 61 || 94 || 13 || 18 || 179 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 3.6 || 6.7 || 10.3 || 1.4 || 2.0 || 19.9 || 1|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020|style="text-align:center;"|| 30 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 20 || 25 || 45 || 14 || 10 || 69 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 2.9 || 3.6 || 6.5 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 9.9 || 2|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|style="text-align:center;"|| 30 || 9 || 1 || 0 || 18 || 31 || 49 || 6 || 14 || 42 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 3.4 || 5.4 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 4.7 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 (S6)|style="text-align:center;"|| 30 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 33 || 57 || 90 || 13 || 19 || 155 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 5.2 || 8.2 || 1.2 || 1.7 || 14.1 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 (S7)|style="text-align:center;"|| 30 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 22 || 52 || 7 || 18 || 144 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.3 || 2.4 || 5.8 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 16.0 || |- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 59! 10! 0! 191! 235! 426! 83! 106! 723! 0.2! 0.0! 3.2! 4.0! 7.2! 1.4! 1.8! 12.3! 3|}

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WNBL. wnbl.com.au.
  2. News: Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. WNBL star Alison Downie set to be drafted for AFL Women's league. 11 October 2016. 15 October 2016. Eliza Sewell.
  3. Web site: 2017 Women's team. 14 October 2016. Carlton Football Club. https://archive.today/20170606231505/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/womensteam/players. 6 June 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: AFLW Lions and Crows dominate All Australian squad. AFL.com.au. BigPond. 23 March 2017. 23 March 2017.
  5. Web site: AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au. afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. 26 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Loynes and Downie to depart the Blues. Telstra. Carlton. 28 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Downie to don black and white. Tash. Lewis. Telstra. Collingwood. 10 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Downie Calls Time. Telstra. Collingwood. 20 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Alison Downie Player stats by season. Australian Football. 13 November 2022.