DOB: 11 August 1923
Died: 3 March 2011
Debut: Round 3, 1944 against Carlton at Punt Road
Last Game: Round 6, 1945 against Footscray at Western Oval
From: Xavier College/Old Xaverians/University
Honours:
Best First Year Player - 1944
Games: 22
Goals: 7
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 10 | 0 | 12 | 45.45 |
Former centre half-back for University, who first trained with Melbourne in the 1943 pre-season. Also played cricket.
Downey returned to Old Xaverians and coached them in 1950 and 1951.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1944 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 1945 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
Possibly the D.J Downey cleared to South Melbourne in 1947.
Media
Sporting Globe - 31/03/1943
Argus - 22/03/1944
Argus - 04/05/1944
Age - 04/05/1944
Links
Australian Football profile
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