10 Facts About Clive Rush

Clive Harold Rush was an American football player and coach at both the professional and collegiate levels.

Clive Rush served as the head coach at the University of Toledo from 1960 to 1962.

Clive Rush played college football at Miami University, then competed for one season in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers in 1953.

Clive Rush then became an assistant with the New York Jets of the American Football League in 1963, serving as the main architect of the team's high-powered offense that was later led by Joe Namath.

One bizarre indication of Clive Rush's luck came on February 12,1969, when he introduced the team's new general manager, George Sauer, Sr.

Just six weeks later, Clive Rush abruptly resigned and was out of football for the next five years.

Clive Rush resurfaced as the head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1976.

Never coaching again, Clive Rush ran a car dealership in Springfield, Ohio.

Clive Rush suffered a sudden heart attack at his home in nearby London and later died at a local hospital.

At the time of his death, Clive Rush was a regional director for Grolier Education Corporation.