Peter Burke (Gaelic footballer)
Gaelic football coach, selector and former player
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Peter Burke (born 9 November 1976)[1] is a Gaelic football coach, selector and former player. He played as goalkeeper for the Kiltimagh club and the Mayo county team.
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| Born | 9 November 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Roofing business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Burke made 60 appearances for his county between 1997 and 2004. He played in the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final defeat to Kerry. He did not concede a goal in that game but he did in the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, against Kerry again, another loss.[2] He won two Connacht Senior Football Championships, in 1997 and 1999, as well as the 2000–01 National Football League.[3] He was also involved with the Ireland international rules football team as a player.[3]
After Burke had retired from playing inter-county football, Mayo manager James Horan invited him to be Mayo's senior goalkeeping coach, a role Burke held for eight years (between 2011 and 2018), coaching his former understudy David Clarke. Stephen Rochford then appointed Burke as a selector ahead of the 2017 season.[4]
A hurler at youth level, he is a nephew of former Mayo goalkeeper Eugene Lavin.[1] He is originally from the townland of Cloondace (near Knock), is married with children, and has a roofing business.[3]