Leslie Lush

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Glenelg Career Highlights
GFC League Player Number: 211 GFC League Debut: Round 1, 1938 Glenelg 1938 - 1940 34 games 127 goals Glenelg leading goalkicker 1938 (58) and 1939 (56)

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• GFC League Debut: 1938

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Career

Leslie "Les" Lush played three seasons for Glenelg from 1938 to 1940. He topped the goalkicking in 1938 and 1939 with 58 and 56 goals respectively.

A popular team member, Lush commuted each week from his home in Geranium - a round trip of 300 miles (approx 480 km). Indeed in his first year with Glenelg he was reportedly only arriving in Adelaide at 2.30 pm and had to be driven directly to the game. Not surprisingly, by June 1940 Lush had opted to play for his local Geranium side as Australia went onto a war footing.

References

1. Pride of the Bay (p.77)

2. The News: Heard in the Clubrooms 28/4/1938

3. Newsy News'Italic text in Sport 14/6/1940