5' 7"  9st.1lb.
b. Glasgow 26 March 1959
 

Debut  13 December 1980 (21y 262d) Final Game 15 May 1982 (23y 50d)
First Goal 27 December 1980 Final Goal 21 November 1981
CAREER: Burnley Mar'77[22+2-5];Leeds United May'80 (free);Blackburn Rovers Dec'80 (free);Lincoln City Oct'82 (£2,500)[50-7];Cardiff City Dec'83 (loan)[3];Scarborough Aug‘84;Tranmere Rovers Sep’84 [3];---(Portugal);Scarborough;Northwich Victoria;Colne Dynamos '86;Blackburn Rovers Aug'86 (non con);Morecambe;Colne Dynamos;Darwen;Bacup; Clitheroe.
 

FL            34 + 5 apps    7 gls                              10 ns
FAC          1 app             1 gl
FLC           3 apps
Total     38 + 5 apps      8 gls  + 110m               10 ns
LC          2 apps  - 1 wdn                                   2 ns
 

Burke always attracted attention because of his busy style, his ball skill and his energy and he was considered an outstanding prospect at Burnley. Given first team opportunity he failed to replace Peter Noble and a brief spell at Leeds failed to recover his prospects. In less exacting surroundings at Ewood he proved to be a grafter and displayed an ability to obtain some well struck goals. Dissatisfied with the terms offered to him he sought a move which started a period of wanderlust in his career. Returning local he actually started appearing for the Rovers' reserves when he did not have a first team game with Colne. He also played at Wembley in 1987 when Colne won the FA Vase and won a Lancashire Junior Cup winners’ medal with Morecambe. He worked as a representative for a brewery when he retired.