Francis Bourke Australian rules football player

Francis William Bourke (born 2 April 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who represented Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1967 and 1981, and coached the club in 1982 and 1983.A key figure in a successful period at Richmond, Bourke is a five-time premiership player who was honoured with selection in the AFL's Team of the Century. His is the only family to have provided three generations of players for the Richmond senior team: Bourke's father, Frank, played 16 matches in the 1940s and his son, David played 85 games between 1995 and 2001. In 2009 The Australian newspaper nominated Bourke as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 02, 1947
Birth place
Caulfield Victoria

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Australian rules football player

debut team
Richmond Football Club

Francis Bourke on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=halloffame
  2. http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/~richo01/players/bourke.html