Leo Rush Explained

Leo Rush
Fullname:	William Leopold Rush
Birth Date:	10 July 1890
Birth Place:	Clifton Hill, Victoria
Originalteam:	Parade College,^[1] Beverley
Height:	177 cm
Guernsey:	25
Statsend:	1912
Years1:	1911
Games Goals1:	6 (4)
Years2:	1912
Games Goals2:	2 (2)
Games Goalstotal:	8 (6)

William Leopold "Leo" Rush (10 July 1890 – 5 August 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Family

The son of Roger Robert Rush (1856–1941),^[3] and Mary Rush (1856–1943),^[4] née Berry,^[5] Robert Thomas Rush was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria on 10 July 1890.

Wife

He married Alice Irene Browne on 12 May 1927.^[6]

Siblings

Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):^[7]

• Robert Thomas "Bob" Rush (1880–1975) (1890–1983), who played with Collingwood from 1899 to 1908.
• Bryan Joseph Rush (1893–1982), played with Collingwood in 1913 and 1914.
• Gerald Vincent Rush (1895–1988), played with Richmond in 1920.
• Kevin Patrick Rush (1901–1984), played with Richmond in 1923 and 1924.

Education

He was awarded a Diploma in Commerce from Melbourne University in December 1927.^[8]

MBE

He was appointed a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 1955 New Years Honours List.^[9]

Death

He died at his residence on 5 August 1983.^[10]

See also

• List of Australian rules football families

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • Leo Rush on Demonwiki

Notes and References

1. Web site: Known VFL/AFL senior footballers ex-Parade College. Old Paradians. 6 August 2015. 3. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173130/http://www.oldparadians.com.au/Documents/VFL-AFL%20footballers.pdf. 14 October 2013. dmy-all.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.774.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8174869/615875 Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Monday, 19 May 1941) p.4
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11337169 Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 May 1943), p.2
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198009913 Marriages: Rush—Berry, The Leader, (Saturday, 8 November 1879), p.28.
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3875556 Marriages: Rush—Browne, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 August 1927), p.13.
7. News: Pearce. Linda. The Houliclan. 6 August 2015. The Age. 6 May 2001. 14.
8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202275029 The University, The Age, (Saturday, 24 December 1927), p.4.
9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25087918 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no.4, (Thursday, 20 January 1955), p.122.
10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pzZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6559%2C3667087 Deaths: Rush, The Age, (Monday, 8 August 1983), p.25.