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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
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 career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942, 1944 Melbourne 5 (2)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Bush (7 January 1918 – 17 November 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played five games for Melbourne from 1942 to 1944, 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.

Early life and career

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

Professional career

Bush played one game on permit with Coburg in 1945.

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

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.

Bush was then captain-coach of Coolamon Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1948 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. 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.

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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