Tommy Burke

Irish Gaelic football player

Tommy Burke
Personal information
Irish name Tomás de Búrca
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-forward
Born 1943
Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Millstreet
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1965
Cork

Tommy Burke (born 1943) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior football team.[1]

Born in Millstreet, County Cork, Burke first played competitive football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.[2] He joined the senior panel during the 1965 championship and enjoyed a brief one-year inter-county career.

At club level Burke is a one-time junior championship medallist with Millstreet.

Honours

Team

Millstreet
Cork

References

  1. ^ "Cork Football Teams: 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Minors looking for tenth All-Ireland". The Corkman. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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Cork – 1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship runners-up
  • 1 T. Hegarty
  • 2 J. Burke
  • 3 J. McGrath
  • 4 V. Cronin
  • 5 P. Pyne
  • 6 E. O'Connor
  • 7 G. Harrington
  • 8 M. O'Brien
  • 9 P. Curley
  • 10 J. Travers (c)
  • 11 B. Coughlan
  • 12 B. Larkin
  • 13 T. Burke
  • 14 D. Moynihan
  • 15 W. Hanrahan
Subs used
18 D. Buckley for P. Pyne
17 D. Nagle for J. McGrath
Subs not used
16 N. Coughlan
19 J. O'Keeffe
20 J. Sutton
21 F. Humphries
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Cork – 1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (1st title)
Subs not used
16 D. Kehilly
17 D. Dineen
18 P. Daly
19 V. O'Callaghan
20 J. McEvoy
Selectors
D. O'Brien
D. Gowen
M. Barrett
J. Barrett
T. O'Sullivan


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