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Australian rules footballer (1893–1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bryan Joseph Rush (2 April 1893 – 11 August 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Bryan Rush | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Bryan Joseph Rush | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Port Fairy, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 August 1982 89) | (aged||
Place of death | Donvale, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Beverley | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1913–14 | Collingwood | 17 (17) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
The son of Roger Robert Rush (1856–1941),[2] and Mary Rush (1856–1943),[3] née Berry,[4] Bryan Joseph Rush was born at Port Fairy, Victoria on 2 April 1893.
He married Lorna McKay in 1927.[5]
Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):[6]
Recruited from the Beverly Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) in 1912.
In 1929 he was the honorary coach of the New South Wales side that came from behind to beat Tasmania by one point, at the Sydney Cricket ground on 22 June 1929.[7]
A Commonwealth public servant with the Treasury Department, he enlisted in the First AIF on 21 September 1914, and served overseas in the Australian Army Pay Corps.
In 1942, by this time a chartered accountant, he enlisted in the Second AIF, and served as the District Finance Officer at the Sydney Barracks, with the rank of Major.
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