Lyle Downs

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

  1. ↑ "Lyle Downs". AFL Tables.
  2. ↑ The Argus, "Footballer Dies Suddenly", 8 July 1921, p. 6
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