John H. Rush

John H. Rush

Sport(s)	Football, track
Biographical details
Born	1875 Waterloo, Iowa
Playing career
Football
c. 1896	Grinnell
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1900–1914	University School (OH)
1915–1916	Princeton
1919	Cornell
Head coaching record
Overall	15–9 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Harlan Rush (1875–?) was an American football player and coach and track athlete. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1915 to 1916 and at Cornell University in 1919, compiling career college football record of 15–9. Rush was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He played football at Grinell College as a halfback before entering Princeton in 1897. Rush ran track at Princeton. He also worked as a newspaper correspondent and attended football practice. Rush graduated from Princeton in 1898 and relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, where he coached football and a number of other sports at University School, a private preparatory school.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Princeton Tigers (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915	Princeton	6–2
1916	Princeton	6–2
Princeton:		12–4
Cornell Big Red (Independent) (1919)
1919	Cornell	3–5
Cornell:		3–5
Total:		15–9

External links

• John H. Rush at the College Football Data Warehouse