Alison Downie

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 a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers.

[2] Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012.

After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best rucks in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted by Carlton for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017.