David Burke (footballer)

David Burke

Personal information
Full name	David Ian Burke
Date of birth	6 August 1960 (1960-08-06) (age 51)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1977-1981	Bolton Wanderers	69	(1)
1981-1987	Huddersfield Town	189	(3)
1987-1990	Crystal Palace	81	(0)
1990-1994	Bolton Wanderers	106	(0)
1994-1996	Blackpool	23	(0)
Total		468	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David Ian Burke (born August 6, 1960 in Liverpool) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a left-back.

Burke began his career at Bolton Wanderers in 1977, making his league debut as an 18-year-old on September 2, 1978, in a 2-2 draw at Birmingham.^[1] He remained at Burnden Park for four years, making 69 league appearances and scoring one goal.

In 1981 he moved across the Pennines to join Huddersfield Town. He went on to make almost 200 appearances for the West Yorkshire club.

He signed for Steve Coppell's Crystal Palace in 1987. He won promotion via the play-offs to the top flight with Palace in 1988-89 and was a runner-up to Manchester United in the 1990 FA Cup Final.

Burke returned to his first club, Bolton, in 1990 and made over 100 appearances for the club.

In 1994 he joined Blackpool, who had just appointed Sam Allardyce as their manager. Allardyce was a former teammate of Burke's in his first spell at Bolton in the late 1970s.

After two years with the Seasiders, Burke hung up his boots and retired from the playing side of the game.

Honours

Crystal Palace

• Old Second Division play-off winners: 1988-89
• FA Cup finalist: 1990

Notes

1. ^ Football-Heroes.net

References

• An independent football statistics site
• Profile at PlayerHistory.com

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Name	Burke, David
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Date of birth	August 6, 1960
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
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