Lyle Downs

Lyle Downs
Personal information
Full name	Lyle Downs
Date of birth	26 July 1896
Date of death	7 July 1921 (aged 24)
Original team(s)	Clifton Hill Juniors
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1917-21	Carlton	47 (31)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921 season.

Lyle Downs (26 July 1896 – 7 July 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Downs, who also played for the Carlton Cricket Club, was a rover and played finals in his first three seasons. He played a game for Carlton with his brother Johnny in 1920.^[1] The brothers were cousins of another Carlton footballer Tommy Downs.

After a training session on 7 July 1921, Downs collapsed and died in the training room of a heart attack.^[2]

References

1. "Lyle Downs". AFL Tables.
2. The Argus, "Footballer Dies Suddenly", 8 July 1921, p. 6