Kevin Bourke
| Full name | Thomas Kevin Bourke | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 January 1922 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kingaroy, QLD, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 May 2014 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Kevin Bourke OBE (23 January 1922 — 27 May 2014) was an Australian rugby union international.
Born in Kingaroy, Queensland, Bourke received his education at Downlands College in Toowoomba. After serving as a RAAF officer in World War II, he won a first-grade premiership with Brisbane club Brothers in 1946.[1]
Bourke gained his only Wallabies cap as an inside centre against the All Blacks at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1947. He broke his collarbone in the closing stages of the match and had to be carried off the field.[2] Although under an injury cloud, Bourke was selected for the 1947–48 tour of Britain, Ireland, France, missing some of the early tour matches while still recovering from the collarbone break. He finished the tour with 16 uncapped appearances.[1]
An engineering executive, Bourke was employed by the ABC and in the 1983 New Year Honours was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to broadcast engineering.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Thomas Kevin Bourke". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "New Zealand wins Rugby Test". The Argus. 30 June 1947. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "1983 New Year Honours List". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1982. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bourke, Kevin". The Courier-Mail. mytributes.com.au. 31 May 2014.
External links
[edit]- Kevin Bourke at ESPNscrum
- 1922 births
- 2014 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Queensland
- Rugby union centres
- Brothers Old Boys players
- People from Kingaroy
- People educated at Downlands College
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation people
- Queensland rugby union team players