Tom Bush (footballer, born 1914)

Tom Bush
Personal information
Full name Thomas Bush
Date of birth (1914-02-22)22 February 1914
Place of birth Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Date of death 20 December 1969(1969-12-20) (aged 55)
Position Defender
Youth career
1930–1932 Shrewsbury Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1947 Liverpool 61 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Bush (22 February 1914 – 1969) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Liverpool.

Early life

Bush was born in Hodnet, Shropshire, on 22 February 1914, the son of a hotel proprietor.[1]

Career

Bush signed for Liverpool in 1933, making his debut in a 1-1 First Division draw with Wolves at Anfield.[2] He scored his first - and only - goal for the club almost five years later, in a 3-2 league win over Sunderland at Roker Park on 17 December 1938.[3]

During World War II, Bush featured as a wartime guest for Brighton & Hove Albion, Leeds United and Fulham, as well as making 35 appearances for Liverpool, scoring once.[1] After the war, he returned to Anfield, making four further appearances up to 1947. After retiring he worked for the club in an administrative capacity, booking travel and meals for the first team, as well as helping to develop youth players at the club's academy.[1]

Personal life

Bush had a daughter, Christine, who died in infancy in 1946, aged nine months.[1]

Career statistics

Official (non-wartime) games only[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 1933–34 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1934–35 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935–36 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936–37 Premier League 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1933–38 Premier League 24 0 5 0 0 0 29 0
1938–39 Premier League 23 1 2 0 0 0 25 1
1939–40 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945–46 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1946–47 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 61 1 8 0 0 0 69 1
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  • Tom Bush at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Players - Tom Bush". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Matchdetails from Liverpool-Wolves played on Saturday 30 December 1933". LFCHistory. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Matchdetails from Sunderland-Liverpool played on Saturday 17 December 1938". LFCHistory. Retrieved 5 February 2026.


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