Lucius Edward "Luke" Burch (December 10, 1874 – October 15, 1959) was a college football player and prominent surgeon in the South who was once Dean of Vanderbilt University Medical School.

He was a prominent player on the Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1894 to 1897[2] – "one of the best guards developed in the United States during his athletic career.

[5] One writer opines "Captain Keller...was the greatest football expert that ever played on a southern field.

Burch practiced briefly in Bear Spring, Tennessee before studying surgery at St. George's Hospital in London.

He joined the Vanderbilt School of Medicine in 1904 as Professor of Gynecology before becoming dean ten years later.