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Damian Bourke Personal information Full name Damian Bourke Date of birth 19 January 1965 Original team St Joseph's Height/Weight 199 cm / 98 kg Position(s) Ruckman Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1983 – 1992
1993 – 1995
TotalGeelong
Brisbane Bears102 (15)
22 (4)
124 (19)1 Playing statistics to end of 1995 season .Damian Bourke (born 19 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club during the 1980s and for the Brisbane Bears in the early 1990s.
Bourke played as a ruckman and captained Geelong from 1987 until 1989. His last game as captain was the 1989 grand final which they lost to Hawthorn by a goal despite scoring 138 points. He finished equal 8th in the 1991 Brownlow Medal and in 1993 moved to Queensland to play with the Brisbane Bears.
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Sporting positions Preceded by
Michael TurnerGeelong Football Club captain
1987 – 1989Succeeded by
Andrew BewsCaptains of the Geelong Football Club 1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: LingCategories:- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Geelong Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club captains
- Brisbane Bears players
- St Joseph's Football Club players
- 1965 births
- Living people
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