{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1901}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Kevin Rush | image = | fullname = Kevin Patrick Rush | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|03|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|08|21|1901|03|29|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = Old Xavier | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1924 | years1 = 1923–24 | club1 = {{AFL Ric}} | games_goals1 = 7 (4) | careerhighlights = }}
'''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).<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> Kevin Patrick Rush was born on 29 March 1901.
===Wife=== He married Elaine Howell on 12 May 1932.<ref>[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.]</ref>
===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. * Gerald Vincent Rush (1895–1988), played with Richmond in 1920.
==Medicine== He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1924,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244225207 67 New Doctors, ''The Herald'', (Friday, 11 April 1924), p.7.]</ref> and Master of Surgery in December 1936,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205941746 Degrees at University, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 22 December 1936), p.12.]</ref> and was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in June 1947.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206022526 Brilliance at University, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 10 June 1947), p.3.]</ref>
==See also== * List of Australian rules football families
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==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}}
== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=K/Kevin_Rush.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=kevin%2Brush/4117}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Kevin}} Category:1901 births Category:1984 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Richmond Football Club players Category:Old Xaverians Football Club players Category:Melbourne Medical School alumni Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen Category:20th-century Australian surgeons Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
{{AFL-bio-1901-stub}}