Nationality Australian Playing career Height 1.8 m Pro career 2000 | Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 2000–2016 Dandenong Rangers Position Basketball positions | |
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Born 17 July 1984 (age 32)
Melbourne, Victoria ( 1984-07-17 ) | ||
Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie is currently an Australian rules footballer, playing with Carlton in the AFL Women's competition.
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WNBL
Downie began her professional career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. She has been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade. Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely.
Australian rules football
Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League in the basketball offseasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best ruckwomen in the 2016 season, she was drafted to the Carlton Football Club for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017. She made her league debut in the club and the league's inaugural match in Round 1 2017.