Nathan Burke

Nathan Burke
Nathan Burke
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Burke
Date of birth	6 February 1970 (age 54)
Original team(s)	Pines
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club
1987–2003	St Kilda
Coaching career3
Years	Club
2020–	Western Bulldogs (W)
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 7, 2023.
Career highlights
	3× Trevor Barker Award: 1993, 1996, 1999; 4× All Australian: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999; St Kilda Team of the Century; St Kilda Hall of Fame; Australian Football Hall of Fame; St Kilda Pre-Season Premiership Player: 1996;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nathan Burke (born 6 February 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer and former coach of the Western Bulldogs team in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

A tough rover, Burke is considered one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club.^[1] Burke set the club record for most games—323—at his retirement, which remained the benchmark until broken by former teammate Robert Harvey in round 7, 2006.^[2] Dozens of concussions during Burke's career led to him using a helmet.^[3]^[4]

In 2021, he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[2]

VFL/AFL playing career

Burke was co-captain in St Kilda's 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup winning side – the club's first AFL Cup win.^[5]^[6]

He started his football playing career with the Pines 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 19 clash with Richmond, which the Saints won by 80 points.^{[citation needed]} It was also notable for the fact that the coaching panel of Richmond that day included fellow St Kilda teammates Danny Frawley and Stewart Loewe, who stayed on the ground in honour of Burke following his parade lap (with Alex Lloyd's "Amazing" played at the ground).^{[citation needed]}

Post-playing career

Burke had been a director of the St Kilda Football Club from 2008 to 2015.^{[citation needed]} He had joined the board with fellow player Andrew Thompson.^{[citation needed]}

He is also a regular expert commentator on ABC Grandstand football coverage, an AFL analyst for Fox Sports News, and co hosts the Sunday Session on ABC radio. He is a feature article writer for Inside Football magazine also. This work complements his corporate guest speaking and school programs.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015 he rejoined the AFL Match Review Panel, a role he held prior to joining the Board at St Kilda.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

In September 2019, Burke was due to become assistant coach in the AFL Women's with St Kilda, but was instead appointed by the Western Bulldogs to their head coach role from the 2020 AFL Women's season.^[7]

Personal life

Burke's daughter, Alice, plays for St Kilda in the AFL Women's competition, and made her playing debut against the Western Bulldogs, whom he coaches.^[8] Burke's uncle Nick Bloom also played for St Kilda.^[9]

Playing statistics

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**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1987	St Kilda	48	16	2	0	179	96	275	40	33	0.1	0.0	11.2	6.0	17.2	2.5	2.1
1988	St Kilda	29	22	6	8	321	121	442	70	38	0.3	0.4	14.6	5.5	20.1	3.2	1.7
1989	St Kilda	29	21	12	4	265	143	408	66	38	0.6	0.2	12.6	6.8	19.4	3.1	1.8
1990	St Kilda	29	14	2	1	133	110	243	32	27	0.1	0.1	9.5	7.9	17.4	2.3	1.9
1991	St Kilda	29	23	3	1	316	180	496	64	53	0.1	0.0	13.7	7.8	21.6	2.8	2.3
1992	St Kilda	3	24	9	6	296	158	454	64	69	0.4	0.3	12.3	6.6	18.9	2.7	2.9
1993	St Kilda	3	20	9	7	322	148	470	68	72	0.5	0.4	16.1	7.4	23.5	3.4	3.6
1994	St Kilda	3	22	7	3	335	173	508	84	77	0.3	0.1	15.2	7.9	23.1	3.8	3.5
1995	St Kilda	3	18	9	7	318	122	440	75	49	0.5	0.4	17.7	6.8	24.4	4.2	2.7
1996	St Kilda	3	22	15	9	434	146	580	92	64	0.7	0.4	19.7	6.6	26.4	4.2	2.9
1997	St Kilda	3	25	9	14	469	200	669	99	75	0.4	0.6	18.8	8.0	26.8	4.0	3.0
1998	St Kilda	3	22	10	12	343	187	530	81	75	0.5	0.5	15.6	8.5	24.1	3.7	3.4
1999	St Kilda	3	21	4	1	299	157	456	96	49	0.2	0.0	14.2	7.5	21.7	4.6	2.3
2000	St Kilda	3	22	8	7	363	141	504	92	52	0.4	0.3	16.5	6.4	22.9	4.2	2.4
2001	St Kilda	3	10	10	2	127	82	209	28	22	1.0	0.2	12.7	8.2	20.9	2.8	2.2
2002	St Kilda	3	3	3	0	22	16	38	11	10	1.0	0.0	7.3	5.3	12.7	3.7	3.3
2003	St Kilda	3	18	6	10	132	89	221	57	38	0.3	0.6	7.3	4.9	12.3	3.2	2.1
Career			323	124	92	4674	2269	6943	1119	841	0.4	0.3	14.5	7.0	21.5	3.5	2.6

Coaching statistics

Statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season^[11]

Legend
W	Wins	L	Losses	D	Draws	W%	Winning percentage	LP	Ladder position	LT	League teams

Season	Team	Games	W	L	W %	LP	LT
2020	Western Bulldogs	6	1	5	17%	6 (conf.)	7 (conf.)
2021	Western Bulldogs	9	5	4	56%	8	14
Career totals		15	6	9	40%

Honours and achievements

Season	Votes
Brownlow Medal votes
1987	—
1988	3
1989	—
1990	—
1991	—
1992	10
1993	6
1994	4
1995	10
1996	20
1997	18
1998	4
1999	11
2000	6
2001	1
2002	—
2003	2
Total	95
Key:
Green / Bold = Won

Team
- McClelland Trophy (St Kilda): 1997
- Pre-Season Cup (St Kilda): 1996
Individual
- All-Australian: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999
- Herald Sun Player of the Year Award: 1996
- Trevor Barker Award (St Kilda F.C. Best & Fairest): 1993, 1996, 1999
- St Kilda F.C. Captain: 1996-2000
- Australian Representative Honours in International Rules Football: 1999
- Victorian Representative Honours

References

External links

Nathan Burke's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club

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