Burke Jones was a former U.S. soccer player. He earned three caps with the U.S. national team

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 in 1924. His first two caps came in the 1924 Summer Olympics

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. The U.S. won its first game 1-0 against Estonia

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, but lost to Uruguay

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 in the quarterfinals. Following its elimination from the tournament, the U.S. played two exhibition games. Jones played the first, a win over Poland

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. That was Jones' last game with the national team. At the time of the Olympics, he played for the Bridgevill Football Club.