Leo Rush

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Leo Rush

| image = Leo Rush (before 1912).jpg

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| fullname = William Leopold Rush

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|07|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Clifton Hill, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|8|5|1890|7|10|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Parade College,{{cite web|title=Known VFL/AFL senior footballers ex-Parade College|url=http://www.oldparadians.com.au/Documents/VFL-AFL%20footballers.pdf|publisher=Old Paradians|accessdate=6 August 2015|page=3|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173130/http://www.oldparadians.com.au/Documents/VFL-AFL%20footballers.pdf|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}} Beverley

| height = 177 cm

| weight =

| position =

| guernsey = 25

| statsend = 1912

| years1 = 1911

| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals1 = 6 (4)

| years2 = 1912

| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals2 = 2 (2)

| games_goalstotal = 8 (6)

| careerhighlights =

}}

William Leopold "Leo" Rush {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|MBE}} (10 July 1890 – 5 August 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and 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.] Robert Thomas Rush was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria on 10 July 1890.

=Wife=

He married Alice Irene Browne on 12 May 1927.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3875556 Marriages: Rush—Browne, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 August 1927), p.13.]

=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.
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.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202275029 The University, The Age, (Saturday, 24 December 1927), p.4.]

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.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25087918 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no.4, (Thursday, 20 January 1955), p.122.]

Death

He died at his residence on 5 August 1983.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pzZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6559%2C3667087 Deaths: Rush, The Age, (Monday, 8 August 1983), p.25.]

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}}