John Bourke Incident

[wang]

John Burke trips a player up then pushes the umpire over a reserves match in 1985 for Collingwood. Bourke was suspended for 10 years.

Video can be downloaded if you have Veoh Player

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v699635GxE24pxS

 

[mark73]

And blamed it on failing his HSC (now VCE for the younguns)

Just a loser allround. Ended up in the DVFL, a league known for it's king hits and behind play incidents. Just another animal for the zoo.

"Ya gotta take the boy off"
"Ya gotta take the boy off"
"Ya gotta take the boy off"

Yeah we heard it the first time, Ray.

 

[Kerrby]

He also punched a few people in the crowd, so that added up to.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Bourke was ahead of his time. He'd be in the Collingwood leadership group now

 

[tribey]

Can't do it obviously, but the field umpire didn't half make a meal of it though.

Reminded me of the poodleheaded maggot who Phil Carman 'headbutted' - or that black and white footage of that goal umpire who hops around like a baby foal before collapsing dramatically following contact with a player.

Pathetic.