| Peter Burke | |||||
| Fullname: | Thomas Peter Burke | ||||
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1933 | ||||
| Position: | Halfback | ||||
| Teama: | New South Wales | ||||
| Yearastart: | 1959 | ||||
| Yearaend: | 60 | ||||
| Appearancesa: | 4 | ||||
| Triesa: | 0 | ||||
| Goalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsa: | 0 | ||||
| Teamb: | Australia | ||||
| Yearbstart: | 1960 | ||||
| Appearancesb: | 1 | ||||
| Triesb: | 2 | ||||
| Goalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsb: | 6 | ||||
| Club1: | Manly Warringah | ||||
| Year1start: | 1955 | ||||
| Year1end: | 63 | ||||
| Appearances1: | 105 | ||||
| Tries1: | 21 | ||||
| Goals1: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
| Points1: | 63 | ||||
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Thomas Peter Burke (born 26 November 1933) is an Australian former rugby league player.[1]
A local junior from Manly Christian Brothers, Burke won a reserves premiership with Manly in 1954, before becoming first-grade halfback the following season.[2] He featured in Manly's 1957 and 1959 grand final losses, both to St. George. At the end of the 1959 season, Burke toured Europe with the Kangaroos and scored two tries in his only international, against Italy at Treviso.[3]
Burke had four sons who played rugby union with Randwick. One of his sons is 1980s Wallabies winger Matt Burke, who later followed his father in playing for Manly. Another son, Brad, was also capped for the Wallabies and played rugby league with Eastern Suburbs.[4]