Myke Cook

{{short description|Australian rules footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Myke Cook

| image =

| fullname = Michael John Kileen Cook

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|10|9}}

| birth_place = Victoria, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)

| draftpick = 38th overall, 2007
{{AFL Ade}}

| height = 184 cm | weight = 77 kg

| position = Midfield

| guernsey = 8

| statsend = 2011

| years1 = 2009–2011

| club1 = {{AFL Ade}}

| games_goals1 = 14 (2)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Myke Cook is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from the Sandringham Dragons in the under 19s TAC Cup, Cook was drafted by Adelaide at number 38 in the 2007 AFL Draft.

Cook spent the 2008 AFL season playing with South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) before making his AFL debut against Collingwood in Round One, 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/craig-sends-young-guns-into-battle/story-e6frf33l-1225699564043 |title=Adelaide Crows coach Neil Craig sends his young guns into battle|first=Andrew |last=Faulkner |work=The Australian |date=28 March 2009|accessdate=4 June 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/fast-cook-keen-to-burn-the-pies/story-e6frecoc-1225700762719 |title=Fast Myke Cook keen to burn the Pies |first=Zac|last= Milbank |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide|date=25 March 2009|accessdate=4 June 2012}} He had the opportunity to kick a goal in his first AFL game after taking a contested mark in front of goals late in the game, but missed a relatively easy shot. He played two further games in his debut season, before beginning to secure a more regular berth in Adelaide's first 22 in 2010. Cook kicked his first goal in AFL football in his sixth game, against Melbourne, in Round Three, 2010, a snap around the body with only seconds remaining in the first quarter.

Cook was delisted by the Crows at the end of the 2011 AFL season{{cite news|url=http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/10/19/crows-revolution-as-four-more-leave/|title=Crows revolution as four more leave|first=Tim|last=Clarke|date=19 October 2011|accessdate=4 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101041042/http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/10/19/crows-revolution-as-four-more-leave/|archive-date=1 January 2012|url-status=dead}} and returned to the Sandringham Zebras in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with the hope of returning to the AFL.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/key-zebras-hoping-to-reignite-their-afl-careers-20120526-1zc0j.html |title=Key Zebras hoping to reignite their AFL careers|first=Brent |last=Diamond|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=4 June 2012}}