Jim Burke

Jim Burke died of cancer yesterday April 8, 2020. He grew up in Huntington, New York on Long Island. Burke helped Cortland State win a 1975 national championship and he was a college All-American and all club selection with Long Island Lacrosse club. Burke is a 3 x national team selection in 1982, 1986 and 1990, He also served as a captain of his college team and the 1986 US national team. In 1986, he earned an All-World Team selection and was voted Outstanding Defenseman. In 1991, he won the Krongard Trophy for his contributions to the game as an active club player. This interview is part of our on going series on tweeners—those who excel despite some obvious deficiency such as size and/or speed: Tweener Stories: http://www.fredopie.com/search?q=Tweener Cortland Stories http://www.fredopie.com/search?q=Cortland Host DR. FRED OPIE, ATHLETE TURNED PROFESSOR. Follow Fred, review the show, tell others about it, share a link. Support Fred Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fredopieshow Follow Fred: Site: https://fredopiespeaks.com/about-us/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frederick.d.opie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fdopie/ Order Fred's New Book Bundle Special: http://www.fredopie.com/sports/2020/3/19/new-book-release Music Credits: (Fred Opie Show them song) Music: Crimson Fly - Huma-Huma https://youtu.be/qpxhgby-ONI 47, [folk] By the river (ft. airtone, panu & Javolenus) by robwalkerpoet (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/robwalkerpoet/46546 Ft: airtone, panu, Javolenus 48, [folk] The Drilling Begins by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/56269 Ft: Javolenus