Es Downey
Es Downey | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Esmond Joseph Downey | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria[1] | ||
Date of death | 3 March 2011 87) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Xavier College | ||
Height / weight | 183 cm / 85 kg | ||
Position(s) | Centre half-back | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1944–45 | Melbourne | 22 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. |
Esmond Joseph Downey AM (11 August 1923 – 3 March 2011)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
Downey, who went to Xavier College, was a centre half-back for Melbourne University, before joining Melbourne in 1944.[3][4] He played 16 league games for Melbourne in the 1944 VFL season and at the end of the year was named "Best First Year Player" at the club awards.[5] He later played for Old Xaverians, coaching them in 1950 and 1951.[6]
Later life
Downey was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2008, for "service to the community through a range of church, educational and aged care organisations."[7]
Notes
- ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Esmond Joseph Downey AM (PDF). Newman College Newsletter – Winter 2011. Newman College. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ↑ "FOOTBALLERS TRAIN.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 22 March 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "MELBOURNE TROPHIES.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 November 1944. p. 12. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Honour Roll". Old Xaverians Football Club. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "It's an Honour – Honours". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
External links
- Es Downey's statistics from AFL Tables
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