James Burke was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

around the turn of the 20th century. He played in the

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position, and began his career with Woodvale before moving on to

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish ...

in 1889. Moving to England, he spent a season with Newark Town then appeared for

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in the 1892–93 season, scoring 4 times in 15 appearances.Lincoln City v Notts County match programme, 28-3-2009 Burke started playing for Lincoln City in 1894, and appeared in a total of 52 league games for them, scoring 7 times (including the Lincoln goal in the 1–3 home defeat to

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in the 1894–95 season). He also played for Grantham Rovers. He was 5 foot 6 ½ inches tall and weighed 11 stone 6 pounds.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, James English Football League players Scottish Football League players Newark Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Men's association football forwards Year of birth missing Scottish men's footballers