Nathan Burke is a former Australian rules football

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.

He was a tough rover who always backed himself in a contest and was one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club. He set the club record for most number of games at his retirement, with 323 games which was broken by former team-mate Robert Harvey

Robert Harvey (footballer)

Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...

 in round 7, 2006. His tough playing style lead to his using of a helmet.

Burke was Co-Captain in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup

1996 Ansett Australia Cup

- Scorecard :-St Kilda Football Club:-Carlton Football Club:- Final Placings :1. St. Kilda 2. Carlton 3. West Coast 4. North Melbourne 5. Collingwood 6. Brisbane 7. Footscray 8. Adelaide 9. Sydney 10. Fremantle 11. Fitzroy 12. Richmond...

 winning side – the club's first AFL Cup win.

He started his football playing career with the Pearcedale Football Club. His professional career spanned 1987–2003 despite missing most of 2002 with a knee injury, with Burke deciding to retire late in the season, in the Round 18 clash with Richmond, which the Saints won by 80 points. It was also notable for the fact that the coaching panel of Richmond that day included fellow St Kilda teammates Danny Frawley

Danny Frawley

Danny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending...

 and Stewart Loewe

Stewart Loewe

Stewart Loewe is a former Australian rules football champion of the St Kilda Football Club.Nicknamed "Buckets" for his big hands and the way he was able to mark the ball with ease, Loewe debuted in 1986 for the St Kilda Football Club after being recruited from Mount Eliza...

, who stayed on the ground in honour of Burke following his parade lap (with Alex Lloyd

Alex Lloyd

Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...

's "Amazing" played at the ground).

Recently he has been linked to the "Footy First" group set about bringing about a board level change at the St. Kilda Football Club along with recently retired player Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson (footballer)

Andrew Charles Thompson is a retired Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League....

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Burke's uncle Nick Bloom also played for St Kilda.

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