Paddy Burke (Australian footballer)
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Paddy Burke
| image = Paddy Burke 1925.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Burke in May 1925
| fullname = Edward Michael Burke
| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|8|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Fitzroy, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|6|20|1898|8|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Hawthorn, Victoria{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206443043 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Age |issue=30,621 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=22 June 1953 |page=7}}
| originalteam = Hawthorn (VFA)
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 82 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1926
| years1 = 1925–1926
| club1 = Hawthorn
| games_goals1 = 31 (13)
| careerhighlights =
}}
File:Edward Michael Paddy Burke.jpg
Edward Michael 'Paddy' Burke (19 August 1898 – 20 June 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family and early life
The seventh of ten children born to Michael Joseph Burke (1861–1931) and Jane Burke, nee Robinson (1860–1923), Edward Michael Burke was born at Fitzroy on 19 August 1898.
Prior to his senior football career Burke served in World War I, being injured several in times in fighting in France.{{cite web |url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/105839 |title=Discovering Anzacs:Edward Michael Burke |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}
In 1922, he married Doris Irene Hepburn (1902–1950).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22903075 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus |issue=32,423 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 August 1950 |page=14}}
Football
Burke, who had been recruited from Croydon in 1921, first played for Hawthorn when they were in the Victorian Football Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Burke,_Pat_'Paddy'.php |title=Paddy Burke |publisher=The VFA Project}} He made 15 appearances for Hawthorn in the 1925 VFL season, their first in the Victorian Football League{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Paddy_Burke.html |title=AFL Tables: Paddy Burke |website=afltables.com}} and was club captain for part of 1926.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}
Later life
Burke died at Hawthorn in June 1953{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206443043 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Age |issue=30,621 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=22 June 1953 |page=7}} and is buried at Box Hill Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123874900/edward-michael-burke |title=Edward Michael Burke |publisher=Find a Grave}}
References
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External links
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{{Hawthorn Football Club captains}}
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Category:Australian military personnel of World War I
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players
Category:People from Fitzroy, Victoria
Category:Military personnel from Melbourne
Category:Burials at Box Hill Cemetery
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