Bill Downie | |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1909 |
Birth Place: | Deniliquin |
Death Place: | Burma-Siam Railway, Burma |
Originalteam: | Eaglehawk |
Height: | 184 cm |
Weight: | 81 kg |
Statsend: | 1933 |
Years1: | 1929–1932 |
Club1: | Footscray |
Games Goals1: | 54 (26) |
Years2: | 1933 |
Club2: | St Kilda |
Games Goals2: | 15 (2) |
Games Goalstotal: | 69 (28) |
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.