Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
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| Born | 17 July 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2000–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000–2016 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball edit
Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. She has been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade.[1] Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely.[2]
Australian rules football edit
Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best rucks in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted by Carlton for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017.[3] She made her league debut in the club and the league's inaugural match in round 1, 2017. At the end of the season, Downie was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad.[4]
Carlton signed Downie for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]
In June 2021, Downie was delisted by Carlton[6] and was subsequently signed by Collingwood as a delisted free agent.[7]
In March 2023, Downie announced her retirement from Australian football.[8]
AFLW statistics edit
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S7) season[9]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 2017 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 50 | 15 | 16 | 89 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 21.6 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 13 | 18 | 179 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 19.9 | 1 |
| 2020 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 2 |
| 2021 | Carlton | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 57 | 90 | 13 | 19 | 155 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 14.1 | 0 |
| 2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 18 | 144 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 16.0 | |
| Career | 59 | 10 | 0 | 191 | 235 | 426 | 83 | 106 | 723 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 12.3 | 3 | ||
References edit
- ^ "WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
- ^ a b Eliza Sewell (11 October 2016). "WNBL star Alison Downie set to be drafted for AFL Women's league". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "2017 Women's team". Carlton Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "AFLW Lions and Crows dominate All Australian squad". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Loynes and Downie to depart the Blues". Carlton. Telstra. 28 March 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Tash (10 June 2021). "Downie to don black and white". Collingwood. Telstra.
- ^ "Downie Calls Time". Collingwood. Telstra. 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Alison Downie Player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External links edit
- Profile at WNBL
- Alison Downie's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
- Alison Downie at AustralianFootball.com