Mick Burke (rugby league)

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Mick Burke
Personal information
Full nameMichael Burke
Born (1958-09-25) 25 September 1958 (age 65)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Waterloo
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Wing, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978–86 Widnes 307 64 695 2 1611
1987–89 Oldham 50 9 56 1 149
Total 357 73 751 3 1760
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1980–86 Great Britain 15 0 10 0 20
1984 England 1 1 4 0 12
1979–85 Lancashire 5 1 20 0 43
Source: [1][2][3][4]

Michael Burke (25 September 1958) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A Great Britain and England international representative fullback, he played his club rugby for Widnes, with whom he won two Challenge Cups and two Lancashire Cups, and Oldham.[1]

Playing career

1970s

After playing

1979 Challenge Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979. That season Burke not only broke Ray Dutton's goal-scoring record, with 140 goals from his 47 games, but also Harry Dawson
's long-standing points record for a season.

The following season, Burke took over the

1979 Lancashire Cup Final at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 8 December 1979.[5]

1980s

Also during the

1981 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London
on Saturday 2 May 1981. Burke won further caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1981 against France (sub), During the
1981 Lancashire Cup Final at Central Park, Wigan
on Saturday 26 September 1981.

Mick Burke played

1982 Challenge Cup Final replay during the 1981–82 season at Elland Road, Leeds
on Wednesday 19 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 41,171.

In 1982 he was man-of-the-match in Widnes'

1984 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1984. Burke had earned a spot in the Great Britain side that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1984. Burke won further caps for Great Britain
while at Widnes in 1984 against Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), and Papua New Guinea.

Burke won further caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1985 against New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1986 against France.[3]

Burke had amassed 316 points, beating the old record by 34 points. Burke was one of the original thirteen former Widnes players inducted into The Widnes Hall of Fame in 1992.

After retirement from playing, Burke worked in roofing before setting up a family-run home care company for vulnerable adults with his son, Michael Jnr.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ RL Record Keeper's Club
  5. ^ "Cumbrians lose Lancashire Cup Final". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ "England Rugby League – For team & Country". England Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Mum's dementia battle inspires ex rugby league player to set up care company". St Helens Star. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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