Barry Bourke (born 14 September 1943) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Bourke started his career in the forwardline, topping Melbourne's goalkicking with 48 goals in his debut season. Most of his subsequent games were spent in defence with the occasional stints up forward. He was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1964 and was a regular Victorian representative at interstate football.

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1943 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Football Club players Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub