Researching Ray Downie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3513 people with the Downie surname? In that year Downie was ranked number 1192 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ray means "kingly" and is of French origin.
Records of Ray Downie on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ray Downie and the Downie Family History
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Downie Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Ray Downie
Ray Downie
Raymond Allen (Ray) Downie (born 6 August 1957) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla Sharks and the Newtown Jets in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. His positions were lock and second row. His junior club was Bankstown Sports.
Ray Downie joined the Canterbury Bulldogs in 1977 as a second row forward and was a regular member of the Under 23 team. Downie spent the next two years attending Goulburn Teaching College on a teaching scholarship.
Downie returned in 1981 to become a regular member of the reserve grade team and received the opportunity to play first grade as a replacement. He played in the reserve grade Preliminary Semi-Final against the St George Dragons.
In 1982, he was a regular member of the reserve grade team and after playing Under 23s mid-season, returned from injury to finish the season in first grade.
In 1983, Downie joined the Newtown Jets to play 14 first grade games. In 1984, he joined the Cronulla Sharks to play two further games.
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