Jerry Rush

{{Short description|American football player (born 1942)}}

{{for|the American jazz trumpeter|Jerry Rusch}}

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{{BLP sources|date=October 2014}}

{{Use American English|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jerry Rush

| number = 82

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|8|7}}

| birth_place = Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.

| college = Michigan State

| afldraftyear = 1965

| afldraftround = 1

| afldraftpick = 7
(by the Boston Patriots)

| draftyear = 1965

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 25

| teams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1965}}–{{NFL Year|1971}})

| highlights =

• Second-team All-American (1964)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1964)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 89

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 3

| statlabel3 = Yards

| statvalue3 = 7

| pfr = RushJe20

}}

Gerald Mitchell Rush (born August 7, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1965 NFL draft. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans. He played his entire career with the Lions, retiring during training camp before the 1972 season.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19720720&id=Yw4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8gQGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5388,1957636&hl=en|title=Rush calls it quits|date=20 July 1972|work=Argus-Press|publisher=AP|page=18|access-date=6 September 2016}}