Jack Burke (footballer)

Jack Burke
Personal information
Full name John Augustine Burke
Date of birth (1918-04-29)29 April 1918
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 17 January 2004(2004-01-17) (aged 85)
Place of death Mount Waverley, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield Amateurs
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position(s) Follower / forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–45 Hawthorn 74 (83)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Augustine Burke (29 April 1918 – 17 January 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Herbert James Burke and Mary Agnes Burke, nee O'Connor, John Augustine Burke was born at Williamstown on 29 April 1918.

Football

After kicking 160 goals in 1938 while playing for Caulfield, Burke was recruited by Hawthorn at the start of the 1939 VFL season.[2] After initially struggling in 1939, Burke established himself as Hawthorn's full-forward in the latter part of the 1940 season, kicking 7 goals against St Kilda in Round 13.[3] Burke played the majority of games in 1941 to 1944, averaging over a goal a game until a knee injury forced his retirement in 1945.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Among New Men". The Age. No. 26, 176. Victoria, Australia. 10 March 1939. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Hawthorn Easily". The Age. No. 26, 603. Victoria, Australia. 22 July 194. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Gossip From The Clubs". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 6828. Victoria, Australia. 11 August 1944. p. 15.


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