Bryan Rush

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
Rush in 1913
Personal information
Full name	Bryan Joseph Rush
Date of birth	(1893-04-02)2 April 1893
Place of birth	Port Fairy, Victoria
Date of death	11 August 1982(1982-08-11) (aged 89)
Place of death	Donvale, Victoria
Original team(s)	Beverley
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–14	Collingwood	17 (17)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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.

Wife

He married Lorna McKay in 1927.[5]

Siblings

Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):[6]

• Robert Thomas "Bob" Rush (1880–1975) (1890–1983), who played with Collingwood from 1899 to 1908.
• William Leopold "Leo" Rush (1890–1983), who played with Melbourne in 1911, and with Richmond in 1912.
• Gerald Vincent Rush (1895–1988), played with Richmond in 1920.
• Kevin Patrick Rush (1901–1984), played with Richmond in 1923 and 1924.

Football

Collingwood (VFL)

Recruited from the Beverly Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) in 1912.

New South Wales

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]

Military service

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.

See also

• List of Australian rules football families

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.774.
2. Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Monday, 19 May 1941) p.4; Mr. Roger Robert Rush, The Advocate, (Thursday, 29 May 1941), p.24.
3. Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 May 1943), p.2; Mrs. Mary Rush, The Advocate, (Thursday, 20 May 1943), p.18.
4. Marriages: Rush—Berry, The Leader, (Saturday, 8 November 1879), p.28.
5. Bryan Joseph Rush, Orvieto Family Biographies, anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au.
6. Pearce, Linda (6 May 2001). "The Houliclan". The Age. p. 14. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
7. Australian-Wide Gossip and Personalities of Fields and Clubrooms: Definite Progress, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 26 June 1929), p.8.

References

• First World War Embarkation Roll: Sergeant Bryan Joseph Rush (22), Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Captain Bryan Joseph Rush, Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Captain Bryan Joseph Rush, National Archives of Australia.
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• Bryan Rush, NSW Australian Football History Society.

External links

• Bryan Rush's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bryan Rush's profile at Collingwood Forever
• Bryan Rush at AustralianFootball.com