Damian Bourke

Damian Bourke played 124 senior VFL/AFL games chiefly for Geelong, as well as Brisbane Bears between 1983 and 1995, lining up most often as a ruckman. On 23-0, Damian Bourke's career spans 2 decades, from the 1980s to the 1990s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Damian Bourke at a peak of 88 out of 100, reached in the 1990s. That figure measures Damian Bourke only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1990s ruckman can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Damian Bourke polled 44 Brownlow Medal votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Damian Bourke with a best season of 259 disposals in 1991, 19 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 16 votes in 1991. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.