{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Gerald Rush | image = | fullname = Gerald Vincent Rush | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|09|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Essendon, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|23|1895|09|16|df=y}} | death_place = Clovelly, New South Wales<ref>{{cite news |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=46,704 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 December 1988 |page=23}}</ref> | originalteam = University | height = 180 cm | weight = 75 kg | position = | statsend = 1920 | years1 = 1920 | club1 = {{AFL Ric}} | games_goals1 = 15 (16) | careerhighlights = }} '''Gerald Vincent Rush''' (16 September 1895 – 23 December 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2014), p.774.</ref>
==Family== The son of Roger Robert Rush (1856-1941),<ref>[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.]</ref> and Mary Rush (1856-1943),<ref>[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.]</ref> née Berry,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198009913 Marriages: Rush—Berry, ''The Leader'', (Saturday, 8 November 1879), p.28.]</ref> Gerald Vincent Rush was born on 16 September 1895.
===Siblings=== Four of his seven brothers also played VFL football (They are the only set of five brothers to play in the VFL/AFL):<ref>{{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}}</ref> * 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. * Kevin Patrick Rush (1901–1984), played with Richmond in 1923 and 1924.
==Law== He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in December 1920,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222581246 60 Graduates Presented, ''The Weekly Times'', (Saturday, 1 January 1921), p.36.]</ref> and Master of Arts (MA) in April 1924.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203648239 Conferring of Degrees, ''The Age'', (Monday, 14 April 1924), p.11.]</ref> He was admitted to the Bar on 1 October 1925.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2141410 Judicial and Law Notices: Notice of Intention to Apply for Admission, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 17 July 1925), p.18]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243706782 Personal, ''The Herald'', (Thursday, 1 October 1925), p.9.]</ref>
==See also== * List of Australian rules football families ==Footnotes== {{Reflist|30em}}
==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 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=G/Gerald_Rush.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=gerald%2Brush/3805}}
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