Tom Bush (Australian footballer)

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Tom Bush
Personal information
Full name Tom John Bush
Date of birth(1918-01-07)7 January 1918
Date of death 17 November 1951(1951-11-17) (aged 33)
Place of death Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Original team(s) Berrigan
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1942, 1944 Melbourne 5 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Bush (7 January 1918 – 17 November 1951) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2] He played five games for Melbourne from 1942 to 1944, [3] and later played for several clubs in regional leagues. He won the best and fairest awards as coach for Peechelba and Moyhu in the late 1940s. [4]

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Early life and career

Bush, who was originally from Berrigan [5] was cleared from St. Kilda [6] to Melbourne where he played from 1942 to 1944.

Professional career

Bush played one game on permit with Coburg in 1945. [7]

Bush then played with Wangaratta in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1945 and 1946. [8]

Milawa Football Club appointed Bush as captain-coach in 1947. They were runners up in the Ovens & King Football League grand final to Moyhu in 1947. [9]

Bush was then captain-coach of Coolamon Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1948 [10] to fifth position on the ladder.

In his first year as captain-coach of Peechelba Football Club in 1949 in the Murray Valley Football League, Bush won the league best and fairest award. [11] Bush was captain-coach again 1950.

Bush was captain / coach of Moyhu Football Club in the Ovens & King Football League in 1951 and won their best and fairest award too. [12]

Death

Bush died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after an eight-week illness in November 1951. He was 33 years old.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Tom Bush - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 113. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "Heritage Numbers | Melbourne Football Club". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Seniors Honourboard - Moyhu Football Club". GameDay. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "1942 - Training Lists". The Argus. 4 May 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "1942 - Melbourne Difficulties". The Argus. 25 May 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "The VFA Project". The VFA Project. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "1949 - Best & Fairest". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 2 September 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "1947 - O&KFNL Grand Finals". Ovens & King FNL. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "1949 - Narandera's close game". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 15 June 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "1949 - Receives best & fairest trophy". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 19 September 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Moyhu FNC - Best & Fairest List". Moyhu FNC. 1951. Retrieved 1 May 2023.


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