Peter Burke (rugby league)

Peter Burke

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Peter Burke
Born	(1933-11-02) 2 November 1933 (age 91)
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955–63 Manly Warringah 105 21 0 0 63 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959–60 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0 1960 Australia 1 2 0 0 6
Relatives	Brad Burke (son) Matt Burke (son)

Thomas Peter Burke (born 26 November 1933) is an Australian former rugby league player. ^[1]

A local junior from Manly Christian Brothers, Burke won a reserves premiership with Manly in 1954, before becoming first-grade halfback the following season. ^[2] He featured in Manly's 1957 and 1959 grand final losses, both to St. George. At the end of the 1959 season, Burke toured Europe with the Kangaroos and scored two tries in his only international, against Italy at Treviso. ^[3]

Burke had four sons who played rugby union with Randwick. One of his sons is 1980s Wallabies winger Matt Burke, who later followed his father in playing for Manly. Another son, Brad, was also capped for the Wallabies and played rugby league with Eastern Suburbs. ^[4]

References

1. "Peter Burke Likely To Miss Match". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 March 1955.
2. "First Big Match For Young Manly R.L. Half". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 1955.
3. Callinan, Josh (5 October 2017). "Kangaroos tour unites for visit to Newcastle". Newcastle Herald .
4. "Rugby's Burke family capitalises on regional pub boom". The Australian . 9 December 2021.

External links

• Peter Burke at Rugby League Project