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Paddy Burke (Australian footballer)

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Paddy Burke
Paddy Burke 1925
Burke in May 1925
Personal details
Born (1898-08-19)19 August 1898
Fitzroy, Victoria
Died 20 June 1953(1953-06-20) (aged 54)
Hawthorn, Victoria[1]
Edward Michael 'Paddy' Burke

Edward Michael 'Paddy' Burke

Edward Michael 'Paddy' Burke (19 August 1898 – 20 June 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family and early life[]

The seventh of ten children born to Michael Joseph Burke (1861–1931) and Jane Burke, nee Robinson (1860–1923), Edward Michael Burke was born at Fitzroy on 19 August 1898.

Prior to his senior football career Burke served in World War I, being injured several in times in fighting in France.[2]

In 1922, he married Doris Irene Hepburn (1902–1950).[3]

Football[]

Burke, who had been recruited from Croydon in 1921, first played for Hawthorn when they were in the Victorian Football Association.[4] He made 15 appearances for Hawthorn in the 1925 VFL season, their first in the Victorian Football League[5] and was club captain for part of 1926.[6]

Later life[]

Burke died at Hawthorn in June 1953[7] and is buried at Box Hill Cemetery.[8]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". Victoria, Australia. 22 June 1953. p. 7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206443043. 
  2. ↑ "Discovering Anzacs:Edward Michael Burke". National Archives of Australia. https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/105839. 
  3. ↑ "Family Notices". Victoria, Australia. 2 August 1950. p. 14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22903075. 
  4. ↑ "Paddy Burke". The VFA Project. http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Burke,_Pat_'Paddy'.php. 
  5. ↑ "AFL Tables: Paddy Burke". http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Paddy_Burke.html. 
  6. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5. 
  7. ↑ "Family Notices". Victoria, Australia. 22 June 1953. p. 7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206443043. 
  8. ↑ "Edward Michael Burke". Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123874900/edward-michael-burke. 

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