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Ted Bourke
Personal information
Full name Edward Arthur Bourke
Born (1904-02-17)17 February 1904
Yarrawonga, Victoria
Died 27 November 1952(1952-11-27) (aged 48)
Seddon, Victoria
Original teams Muckatah, Tungamah, Brunswick
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–26 Richmond 32 (15)
1926 Brunswick 6 (2)
1927 South Melbourne 6 (1)
1929-32 Sandringham 72 (19)
1933 Yarraville 22 (3)
1934 Ararat ? (?)
1935 South Ballarat ? (?)
1936 McKinnon ? (?)
Total 138 (40)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Arthur Bourke (17 February 1904 – 27 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.[1]

Family

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The eldest of the seven children of Edward Arthur Bourke (1877-1936), and Ellen Mary Bourke (1879-1949), née Lonergan,[2][3] Edward Arthur Bourke was born at Yarrawonga, Victoria on 17 February 1904.[4]

He married Violet Elizabeth Gould (1904-1936) in 1926; they had four children.[5] He married Lilian Grace Taylor (1916-1989) in 1941; they had three children.[6]

Football

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Often playing at centre half back, Bourke spent his early football years with Muckatah,[7] Tungamah and Brunswick.

He kicked three goals on debut for Richmond in the opening round of the 1924 VFL season and participated in the round robin finals series which took place that year.[8]

After crossing to South Melbourne without success in 1927, Bourke missed the entire 1928 football season while he waited for a clearance to the Victorian Football Association. He was signed by Sandringham in 1929 and won the Recorder Cup in his first season.

Bourke coached Bentleigh to the 1930 Metropolitan C. Section Amateur premiership.[9][10]

Bourke later served as captain-coach of Yarraville in 1933 and Ararat in 1934.

Bourke won the 1934 - Ballarat - Wimmera Football League best and fairest award, the George McKenzie Gold Medal.[11]

Bourke was cleared from South Ballarat to McKinnon in May 1936,[12] where McKinnon[13] won the 1936 premiership[14] of the Caulfield Oakleigh District Football League.[15]

Death

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He died at his residence in Seddon, Victoria on 27 November 1952.[16]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.81
  2. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.3012/1901.
  3. ↑ Deaths: Bourke, The Argus, (Wednesday, 21 December 1949), p. 10.
  4. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.7111/1904.
  5. ↑ Deaths: Bourke, The Age, (Friday, 20 March 1936), p. 1.
  6. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.3604/1941.
  7. ↑ "1929 - Bourke wins medal". Cobram Courier. 19 September 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. ↑ Hogan (1996), pp. 23, 280, 286.
  9. ↑ "1934 - Sought by two clubs". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 10 March 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "1930 - METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 22 September 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "1934 - Ballarat Semi-Final Dates & Medal Winner". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 20 August 1934. p. 30. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "1936 - Caulfield - Oakleigh District Permits". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 2 May 1936. p. 39. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "1936 - CAULFIELD OAKLEIGH ASSOC'ION". The Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954). 21 May 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "1936 - Caulfield-Oakleigh Semi-final". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 22 August 1936. p. 23. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "1936 - CAULFIELD OAKLEIGH ASSOCIATION. FINAL GAME". The Dandenong Journal (Vic. : 1927 - 1954). 24 September 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  16. ↑ Deaths: Bourke, The Age, (Friday, 28 November 1952), p. 8.

References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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