Full name Lyle Downs Name Lyle Downs Years Club | Position(s) Rover | |
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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 | ||
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. 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.
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