Dave Burke (Australian footballer)

David Barmby Burke MC (14 October 1916 – 4 January 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Dave Burke
Personal information
Full name David Barmby Burke
Date of birth (1916-10-14)14 October 1916
Place of birth Bellerive, Tasmania
Date of death 4 January 1987(1987-01-04) (aged 70)
Place of death Burwood East, Victoria
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–37, 1939 North Melbourne 20 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

Burke served as a lieutenant in the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross for actions in the South Pacific in November 1943.[3]

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. "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. "No. 36232". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1943. p. 4848.


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