Bryan Joseph Rush (2 April 1893 – 11 August 1982) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Collingwood in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of Roger Robert Rush (1856–1941), and Mary Rush (1856–1943), née Berry, Bryan Joseph Rush was born at
Port Fairy, Victoria
Port Fairy (historically known as Belfast) is a town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the Souther ...
on 2 April 1893.
Wife
He married Lorna McKay in 1927.
Siblings
Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):
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Robert Thomas "Bob" Rush (1880–1975) (1890–1983), who played with
Collingwood from 1899 to 1908.
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William Leopold "Leo" Rush (1890–1983), who played with
Melbourne
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in 1911, and with Richmond in 1912.
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Gerald Vincent Rush (1895–1988), played with
Richmond
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in 1920.
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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.
Australian-Wide Gossip and Personalities of Fields and Clubrooms: Definite Progress, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 26 June 1929), p.8.
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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
This is a list of Australian rules football families, that is families who have had more than one member play or coach in the Australian Football League (previously the VFL) as well as families who have had multiple immediate family members wi ...
Notes
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''.
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Bryan Rush, ''NSW Australian Football History Society''.
External links
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Bryan Rush's profile
at Collingwood Forever
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1893 births
1982 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Australian military personnel of World War I
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian Army officers
People from Port Fairy
Military personnel from Victoria (state)
19th-century Australian sportsmen
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