He played Gaelic football with his local club Milltown/Castlemaine and Cork side Bishopstown and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team between 1990 and 1997.
[3] He first joined the Kerry senior team during the 1989/90 National Football League, playing in all seven of his side's games.
For the 1990/91 National League he again played in every game as Kerry lost out to Kildare in the quarter-final in Croke Park.
He was a regular in the championship as wins over Clare, Cork and Limerick seen a first Munster title for Kerry since 1986, and a first for Burke.
Burke missed the start of the 1993/94 National League but plays in the final six games as Kerry lost out to Down in the knockout stages.
Having lost to their great foes for the three seasons before, Kerry finally got over the line to win a first Munster title since 1991 and a second medal for Burke.
He played in the All-Ireland semi-final, and despite scoring a goal, loss to Mayo in Croke Park latter in the summer.