Tommy Downs
| Tommy Downs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | North Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 1981 (aged 80) | ||
| Original team(s) | Northcote | ||
| Height / weight | 159 cm / 65 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1927–1933 | Carlton | 56 (44) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933. | |||
Tommy Downs (22 May 1901 - 11 August 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Downs was a Woodham Cup winner at Northcote in 1925, having previously played with Preston.
One of shortest ever footballers at Carlton, Downs had a poor record at the VFL tribunal. He was suspended for 12 games in 1928 and 19 games the following season, both for striking. The former came in a Semi Final loss to Richmond when he kicked a career best four goals and the latter was in a Preliminary Final. Most famously however he received a 29 game suspension in 1931 when he was reported for kicking Richmond's captain Maurie Hunter. In a postscript to this incident, in 1954 fellow team mate Frank O'Rourke admitted in a newspaper interview that he kicked Hunter.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tommy Downs". Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ Atkinson, Graeme (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. South Melbourne,: Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd. p. 278. ISBN 1863210091..
- Tommy Downs's statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.