Background
O'Rourke was born in 1886 and raised in Syracuse, New York.
O'Rourke was born in 1886 and raised in Syracuse, New York.
He attended Cornell University from 1907 to 1909 and played on the Cornell Big Red football team.
He played college football at Cornell University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1908 College Football All-America Team. He was selected as a consensus first-team guard on the 1908 College Football All-America Team. After graduating from Cornell, he coached the Cornell football team for three years and also coached the football team at Johns Hopkins University.
He also worked as superintendent of the Montgomery County highways and as postmaster of Norristown. He died in Norristown in June 1941, aged 55.