Dave Burke (Australian footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Dave Burke

| image =

| fullname = David Barmby Burke

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bellerive, Tasmania

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|01|04|1916|10|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Burwood East, Victoria

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1939

| years1 = 1936–37, 1939

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 20 (8)

| careerhighlights =

}}

David Barmby Burke {{Post-nominals|MC|country=UK|size=100%}} (14 October 1916 – 4 January 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=113}}

Personal life

Burke served as a lieutenant in the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War.{{Cite web |title=World War Two Service |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=432363&c=WW2 |access-date=23 November 2020 |website=Australian Government – Department of Veterans' Affairs}} He was awarded the Military Cross for actions in the South Pacific in November 1943.{{London Gazette|issue=36232|date=1943-11-04|page=4848|supp=y}}

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