From Walhalla originally, Davidson played junior football for Melbourne, before breaking into the senior side in 1924.

Davidson was a half forward flanker in Melbourne's 1926 premiership team.

[3] Davidson went to Bendigo Football League club Castlemaine, as coach, in 1933.

He won the league's best and fairest award, the Fred Wood Medal that season.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1904 is a stub.