Mickey Burke (died 25 February 1993) is an Irish former

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 le ...

who played as a right full. Born in

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, the son of John Burke (footballer), Burke joined

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...

in 1951 from Johnville with Gerry Mackey and was part of the team popularly known as Coad's Colts that enjoyed many memorable days during the 1950s. He played in Rovers' two games against Manchester United in the

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in 1957. A schoolboy international he was also played twelve times for the

League of Ireland XI The League of Ireland XI, more recently referred to as the ''Airtricity League XI'' for sponsorship reasons, is the representative team of the League of Ireland, the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. For much of its ...

while at

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. Burke signed for

Drumcondra F.C. Drumcondra Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Drumcondra, Dublin. Once one of the most successful clubs in Ireland in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, with a strong rivalry with Shamrock Rovers since the 1920s, they fell ...

in 1959 but moved to

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soon after and was there to cheer on the Hoops when they toured in 1961. www.irishtimes.com
/ref> His aunt was Mrs Cunningham who was Rovers influential director in his playing days.

Honours

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* League of Ireland 3: ** 1953/54, 1956/57, 1958/59 *

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2: 2 ** 1955, 1956 * League of Ireland Shield 5: ** 1951/52, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58 * Leinster Senior Cup 4: ** 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 *

Dublin City Cup The Dublin City Cup is a defunct Irish football tournament which was played for by all League of Ireland sides (and not just those from Dublin city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 se ...

4: ** 1952/53, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1957/58 *

LFA President's Cup The LFA President's Cup was an association football cup competition featuring League of Ireland clubs affiliated to the Leinster Football Association. It was played for between 1930 and 2002. It was a ''de facto'' national super cup and on twent ...

1 : ** 1954/55

Sources

* ''The Hoops'' by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Mickey Association footballers from Dublin (city) Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Drumcondra F.C. players League of Ireland players League of Ireland XI players 1993 deaths Year of birth missing Men's association football players not categorized by position