Damian Bourke


Damian Bourke is a former Australian rules footballer for Australian Football League clubs Geelong during the 1980s and Brisbane in the early 1990s.
Bourke played as a ruckman and captained Geelong from 1987 until 1989. His last game as captain was the 1989 VFL [Grand Final] where Geelong lost to Hawthorn by a goal. Bourke finished equal eighth in the 1991 [AFL season|1991] Brownlow Medal and in 1993 moved to Queensland to play for Brisbane. Bourke retired at the end of the 1995 AFL season.
Bourke's son Jordon Bourke was a Brisbane Lions listed player between 2013 and 2015.