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Samuel Gordon Davie (7 July 1903 – 18 February 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
Oct 6, 2022 · Victoria Police detective Gordon Davie, a key figure in the landmark Russell St bombing investigation, has died. Mr Davie was widely respected for his work on the taskforce which ran a painstaking complex inquiry after the fatal explosion outside police headquarters in March, 1986.
But back in the 1920s, the 97km between there and the ‘big smoke’ must have seemed like light years. The tyranny of distance was enough to put a stop to many promising VFL careers in those times – and Trentham’s Gordon Davie was one of them.
- July 7, 1903
- February 18, 1941
Former Victorian detective Gordon Davie spent three years speaking to O'Neill to win his confidence before filming him for The Fishermen. Davie said that although there was no evidence to link O'Neill to the Beaumont case, he was persuaded that O'Neill was to blame.
Retired detective Gordon Davie guides us on a chilling journey into the mind of notorious child murderer James Ryan O'Neill who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of two young boys after arriving in Tasmania in 1975. He is Tasmania's longest-serving prisoner for a single offence.
Senior Sergeant Gordon Davie was a good detective—one of the best. He left the Victorian Police force in 1990 after an 18-year career during which he led major investigations in all states and was decorated for his role in the Russell Street bombing investigation.
Gordon Davie was a former Australian rules football player who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.
