Name Clay Rush | Role American football player | |
Education Missouri Western State University | ||
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Clay Rush (born October 27, 1973) is a former Arena Football League kicker formerly of the Colorado Crush. He was in the league from 1999 to the original league's folding in 2008. He was named First Team All-Arena in 2000 and 2003. He was also named Second Team All-Arena in 2005 and 2006.
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High school career
At Riverview Gardens High School in St. Louis, Missouri, Rush was a three-sport star in football, soccer, and baseball. He threw a no-hitter his senior season against Normandy High School. He also played basketball early in his high school career though he didn't play varsity.
College career
Rush attended Missouri Western State University, where he was named to the Mid–America Intercollegiate Athletics Association All-Conference Team four times, and was an NCAA Division II All-American as a senior.
Lawsuit
2 years after the original AFL's folding, Rush filed a lawsuit against the league, claiming that a team doctor mistreated him, and repeated blows to the head gave him permanent brain damage. Rush claimed that the doctor, Saurahb Mangalik, had only treated him for a headache, and failed to "properly evaluate and observe him".