Peter Bourke | |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1966 |
Originalteam: | Mitcham |
Draftpick: | No. 31, 1989 pre-season draft |
Height: | 173 cm |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Statsend: | 1991 |
Years1: | 1988 |
Club1: | Essendon |
Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
Years2: | 1989–1991 |
Club2: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals2: | 22 (3) |
Games Goalstotal: | 23 (3) |
Peter Bourke (born 23 May 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Bourke, who played his early football at Mitcham, spent some time at Richmond but was unable to secure senior selection.[2] [3] He was playing for Box Hill when was signed by Essendon and he made his VFL debut late in the 1988 season, against Collingwood.[2] [4] Fitzroy, a club Bourke had trialled with prior to joining Essendon, selected him in the 1989 Pre-season Draft.[5] He played 13 games for Fitzroy in 1989, five in 1990 and four in 1991.[4]
In 1994, Bourke represented Box Hill in the VFA Grand Final against Sandringham, which they lost by nine points.[6]