About Rick Bourke
Lived 1955 – 2006 (aged 50–51). Rick Bourke was an Australian rugby league player.
Richard (Rick) Bourke (16 November 1953 – 15 August 2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He played for Cronulla-Sutherland and South Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
Playing career A local junior from Caringbah, New South Wales, Bourke played 10 seasons for Cronulla at wing and fullback and scored thirty eight tries He also played on the wing for Cronulla in the drawn Grand Final against Manly in 1978, as well as playing fullback in the replay played just two days later.
He played his final season with South Sydney in 1983.
Death Rick Bourke died of cancer on 15 August 2006 at the John Flynn Hospital, Tugun, Queensland aged 52.
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Who was Rick Bourke?
Australian rugby league footballer (1955–2006)
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Rick Bourke was born in 1955 in Cronulla.
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Rick Bourke died on 15 August 2006 in Tugun.
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Rick Bourke was a rugby league player.
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Rick Bourke was Australian.
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