Tom Bush | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Tom John Bush | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1918 | ||
Date of death | 17 November 1951 | (aged 33)||
Place of death | Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne | ||
Original team(s) | Berrigan | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (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]
Bush, who was originally from Berrigan [5] was cleared from St. Kilda [6] to Melbourne where he played from 1942 to 1944.
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]
Bush died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after an eight-week illness in November 1951. He was 33 years old.
Tom Bush | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Tom John Bush | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1918 | ||
Date of death | 17 November 1951 | (aged 33)||
Place of death | Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne | ||
Original team(s) | Berrigan | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (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]
Bush, who was originally from Berrigan [5] was cleared from St. Kilda [6] to Melbourne where he played from 1942 to 1944.
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]
Bush died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after an eight-week illness in November 1951. He was 33 years old.