Damian Bourke
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Damian Bourke is a former Australian rules football
er 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.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er for the Geelong Football Club
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
during the 1980s and for the Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
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.