Alison Downie
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 currently an Australian rules footballer, playing with Carlton in the AFL Women's competition.
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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
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
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 ruckwomen in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted by the Carlton Football Club 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]
AFLW statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of round 1, 2021[6]
G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles | H/O | Hit-outs |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
2021 | Carlton | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
Career | 31 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 127 | 238 | 58 | 55 | 392 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 12.6 |
References
- "WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
- 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.
- "Alison Downie Player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alison Downie. |
- Profile at WNBL
- Alison Downie's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
- Alison Downie at AustralianFootball.com