Bill Downie Explained

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.

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