Bill Burke (athlete)

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Bill Burke (born October 15, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired male middle distance runner from the United States, who competed in the 1980s and the early 1990s for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's 1,500 metres event (3:35.74) on 1993-08-01 at a meet in Cologne.

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