Bill Downie

For the Carlton player, see Bill T. Downie.
Bill Downie
Personal information
Date of birth 3 December 1909
Place of birth Deniliquin
Date of death 11 September 1943(1943-09-11) (aged 34)
Place of death Burma-Siam Railway, Burma
Original team(s) Eaglehawk
Height/Weight 184cm / 81 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929-1932
1933
Total -
Footscray
St Kilda
54 (26)
15 0(2)
69 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933 season.

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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