Es Downey

Es Downey
Personal information
Full name Esmond Joseph Downey
Born (1923-08-11)11 August 1923
Melbourne, Victoria
Died 3 March 2011(2011-03-03) (aged 87)
Original team Xavier College
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position 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) 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. 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. He later played for Old Xaverians, coaching them in 1950 and 1951.

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."

Notes

  1. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. 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.