Born in Fitzroy, Davie was very lightly built but could play in the key forward positions as well as in the pockets.

He holds the record for most goals on debut by a Melbourne footballer, with a bag of six against Richmond when he played his first game in 1924.

In Melbourne's Round 14, encounter with Carlton the following season at Princes Park, Davie kicked 13 goals and 5 behinds.

It remains the most ever goals kicked by an individual in a game at the ground and the equal most by a player against Carlton anywhere with both Tony Lockett and Tony Modra kicking 13 goals against Carlton in the 1990s.

He crossed to Carlton in 1927 and played there for a season before finishing his career in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) with Preston.