Damian Bourke

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Damian Bourke

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| fullname = Damian Bourke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|19|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = St Joseph's

| height = 199 cm

| weight = 98 kg

| position = Ruckman

| statsend = 1995

| years1 = 1983 – 1992

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 102 (15)

| years2 = 1993 – 1995

| club2 = Brisbane Bears

| games_goals2 = {{0}}22 {{0}}(4)

| games_goalstotal = 124 (19)

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Damian Bourke (born 19 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer for Australian Football League (AFL) clubs Geelong during the 1980s and Brisbane in the early 1990s.

Bourke played as a ruckman and captained Geelong from 1987 until 1989. His last game as captain was the 1989 VFL Grand Final where Geelong lost to Hawthorn by a goal. Bourke finished equal eighth in the 1991 Brownlow Medal and in 1993 moved to Queensland to play for Brisbane. Bourke retired at the end of the 1995 AFL season.

Bourke's son Jordon Bourke was a Brisbane Lions listed player between 2013 and 2015.