| John Burkitt | |
| Full Name: | John Colley Smyth Burkitt |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Repyears1: | 1881 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Colley Smyth Burkitt (1 July 1860 — 23 November 1929) was an Irish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Kilkee, County Clare, Burkitt was capped for Ireland as a forward in a match against England at Manchester in 1881. He was a doctor by profession and had a medical practice in Whitwick for 40 years.[2] During World War I, Burkitt was a colonel with the Leicestershire Yeomanry and took command of a Field Ambulance brigade in France.[3]