title: Dave Burke (Australian footballer)
text: # Dave Burke (Australian footballer)
  
  David Barmby Burke MC (14 October 1916 – 4 January 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Burke served as a lieutenant in the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War. He was awarded the Military Cross for actions in the South Pacific in November 1943.
  
  