Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Thomas Peter Burke
- Born
- Thursday, 2nd November, 1933
- Died
- Friday, 28th November, 2025 (Aged 92 years and 26 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Known Family Links
- Son
- Brad Burke
- Matt Burke
Biography
Manly halfback toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos after playing in grand final losses to St George in 1957 and 1959. All four of his sons - Brad, Matt, Daniel and Patrick - went on to play first grade RU for Randwick with the first two also representing Australia in the amateur code.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 13 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 105 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 51.43% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 132 | 32 | - | - | 96 | 75 | 60 | 6 | 56.82% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1960 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Metropolis | 1956, 1960 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1959-60 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1959-60 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1956-1960 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1955 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1956 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1957 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1958 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1959 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1960 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1955-63 | 105 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 51.43% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner
Your Say
11 Jul 2023 8:43am
DDid Peter Burke play For a Junior club in the Manly district before playing for the senior club
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