Tom Burke (footballer, born 1862)

For other people named Thomas Burke, see Thomas Burke (disambiguation).

Thomas Burke (1863–1914) was a Welsh international footballer who played for Wrexham Olympic and Newton Heath LYR. Burke won a total of eight caps for Wales, playing at half-back.

Tom Burke

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Burke
Date of birth	1863
Place of birth	Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Date of death	February 1914 (aged 50–51)
Place of death	Prestwich, Lancashire, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1882	Wrexham Grosvenor
1882–1884	Wrexham February
1884–?	Wrexham Olympic
?–1886	Liverpool Cambrian
1886–1890	Newton Heath LYR	0	(0)
1890–1891	Wrexham Victoria
International career
1883–1888	Wales	8	(1)
	Denbighshire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burke began his career with Wrexham Grosvenor, but moved on to Wrexham February and Wrexham Olympic before making a transfer to Liverpool Cambrians. From there, he was signed by Newton Heath in 1886. The club's parent company, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, was able to employ Burke as a painter – as was his trade – at the nearby Carriage and Wagon Works, from which the club had been born. In his first season at Newton Heath, Burke played mostly at left-half, but switched to right-half by the following season, and even played at centre-half or inside-right on occasion.

When Burke's time at Newton Heath came to an end, after making 29 appearances for the Heathens, he moved back to Wrexham to play for Wrexham Victoria.

He died in 1914 at the age of 50 as a result of lead poisoning.^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Dykes, Garth (1994). The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. Leicester: ACL & Polar Publishing (UK). ISBN 0-9514862-6-8.
• Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-16-1.

Notes

1. Dykes (1994), p. 62.

External links

• Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
• Profile at MUFCinfo.com