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| Born | (1984-07-17)17 July 1984 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Australian rules footballer
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Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is anAustralian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for theDandenong Rangers in theWomen's National Basketball League. Downie is a retiredAustralian rules footballer, who played forCarlton andCollingwood in theAFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for theDandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home theWNBL 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]
Downie began playingAustralian rules football for Diamond Creek in theVictorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's bestrucks in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted byCarlton for the inauguralAFL Women's competition in2017.[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 the2017 All-Australian squad.[4]
Carlton signed Downie for the2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]
In June 2021, Downie was delisted by Carlton[6] and was subsequently signed byCollingwood as a delisted free agent.[7]
In March 2023, Downie announced her retirement from Australian football.[8]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
| 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 | 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 | ||
