Es Downey

Es Downey
Personal information
Full name Esmond Joseph Downey
Date of birth (1923-08-11)11 August 1923
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria[1]
Date of death 3 March 2011(2011-03-03) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Xavier College
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
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.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

  1. ^ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Esmond Joseph Downey AM" (PDF). Newman College Newsletter. 43 (Winter 2011). Newman College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "FOOTBALLERS TRAIN". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 22 March 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. ^ "MELBOURNE TROPHIES". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 November 1944. p. 12. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Honour Roll". Old Xaverians Football Club. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ "It's an Honour – Honours". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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