Lyle Downs

Lyle Downs
Personal information
Full name	Lyle Downs
Date of birth	26 July 1896(1896-07-26)
Date of death	7 July 1921(1921-07-07) (aged 24)
Original team	Clifton Hill Juniors
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1917-21	Carlton	47 (31)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1921 season .

Lyle Downs (26 July 1896 – 7 July 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Downs, who also played for the Carlton Cricket Club, was a rover and played finals in his first three seasons. He played a game for Carlton with his brother Johnny in 1920.^[1] The brothers were cousins of another Carlton footballer Tommy Downs.

After a training session on 7 July 1921, Downs collapsed and died in the training room of a heart attack.^[2]

References

^ "Lyle Downs". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/L/Lyle_Downs.html.
^ The Argus, "Footballer Dies Suddenly", 8 July 1921, p. 6

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Name	Downs, Lyle
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Date of birth	1896-07-26
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Date of death	1921-07-07
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