# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pat-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:20.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pat-burke"
name: "Pat Burke"
slug: "pat-burke"
description: "Patrick John Burke is an Irish former professional basketball player who is currently the men's basketball head coach for Beacon College. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for three seasons between 2002 and 2007, for the Orlando Magic and the Phoenix Suns. To date, he is the only Irishman to have played in the NBA. He also played in Europe, mainly in Greece and Spain, before ending his career with Asseco Prokom Sopot. He was a co-captain of the senior Ireland national team and also represented his country at the World University Games."
tagline: "Irish basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burke_Pat.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1973-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.312062666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%95%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E4%BC%AF%E5%85%8B"
    title: "帕特·伯克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "بات بورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "بات بورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke"
    title: "Pat Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056453"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump