Francis Joseph O'Rourke (21 January 1906 â 7 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868âÂÂ1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867âÂÂ1933), Francis Joseph O'Rourke was born in Colac, Victoria on 21 January 1906.
His older brother, Jack O'Rourke, played for St Kilda and Fitzroy.