Education
Downes graduated from Lowell High School in 1937.
Downes graduated from Lowell High School in 1937.
Downes played baseball with the Boston Braves organization after his high school graduation. During World World War II Downes served in the Pacific on the United States Ship Estes.
After World World War II, beginning in 1946, Downes served for twenty years as a member of the Lowell police force.