Kevin Rush

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| fullname = Kevin Patrick Rush

| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|03|29|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|08|21|1901|03|29|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Old Xavier

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| statsend = 1924

| years1 = 1923–24

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Kevin Patrick Rush (29 March 1901 – 21 August 1984) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.774.

Family

The son of Roger Robert Rush (1856-1941),[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8174869/615875 Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Monday, 19 May 1941) p.4]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172192175 Mr. Roger Robert Rush, The Advocate, (Thursday, 29 May 1941), p.24.] and Mary Rush (1856-1943),[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11337169 Deaths: Rush, The Argus, (Thursday, 6 May 1943), p.2]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172206685 Mrs. Mary Rush, The Advocate, (Thursday, 20 May 1943), p.18.] née Berry,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198009913 Marriages: Rush—Berry, The Leader, (Saturday, 8 November 1879), p.28.] Kevin Patrick Rush was born on 29 March 1901.

=Wife=

He married Elaine Howell on 12 May 1932.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242793994 Married Today: Ceremony in Xavier Chapel, The Herald, (Thursday, 12 May 1932), p.24]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242793768 Today's Bride, The Herald, (Thursday, 12 May 1932), p.18.]

=Siblings=

Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):{{cite news|last1=Pearce|first1=Linda|title=The Houliclan|url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=SAG010506O86QH78KR7Q|accessdate=6 August 2015|work=The Age|date=6 May 2001|page=14}}

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.
Bryan Joseph Rush (1893–1982), played with Collingwood in 1913 and 1914.
Gerald Vincent Rush (1895–1988), played with Richmond in 1920.

Medicine

He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1924,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244225207 67 New Doctors, The Herald, (Friday, 11 April 1924), p.7.] and Master of Surgery in December 1936,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205941746 Degrees at University, The Age, (Tuesday, 22 December 1936), p.12.] and was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in June 1947.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206022526 Brilliance at University, The Age, (Tuesday, 10 June 1947), p.3.]

Notes

==References==

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}}
{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}