Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
David Burke | |
Irish: | Daithí de Búrca |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 7 |
Nickname: | Stoney |
County: | Kilkenny |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Emeralds Mooncoin Rathgarogue-Cushinstown |
Counties: | Kilkenny Wexford |
Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
Icyears: | 1984-1990 1991-1992 |
Icapps(Points): | 3 (0-00) 3 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 00:45, 20 August 2014 |
Birth Date: | 1963 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
David Burke (born 15 December 1963) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny and Wexford senior teams.[1]
Born in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Burke first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Johnstown Vocational School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 1984-85 National Hurling League. Burke enjoyed a five-year career with Kilkenny before later joining the Wexford senior team.[2] [3] He won one Leinster medal and one National Hurling League medal as a non-playing substitute.
At club level Burke is a one-time championship medallist in the intermediate grade with Mooncoin. He began his career with Emeralds before later joining Rathgarogue-Cushinstown.
Throughout his career Burke made a combined total of six championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1992 championship.