Lewis Fitzgerald Bush (December 2, 1969 – December 8, 2011) was an
American football
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linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
in the
National Football League
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.
High school career
Bush prepped at
Washington High School in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...
.
College career
Bush played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Washington State University
Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...
in
Pullman,
[ from ]1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
through 1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
.
Professional career
Bush was selected by the San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft
The 1993 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 25–26, 1993, at the Marriot Ma ...
.Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The tea ...
.
Post-career
Bush was a pre-game commentator for San Diego Chargers radio broadcasts on KIOZ
KIOZ (105.3 FM, "Rock 105.3") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Diego, California. The station is owned by and broadcasts a mainstream rock music format. KIOZ's studios are located in San Diego's Serra Mesa neighborhood o ...
, and also worked as an Enrollment Advisor for Ashford University
The University of Arizona Global Campus, formerly Ashford University, is an online university "operated in affiliation with the University of Arizona." In 2020, Ashford University was acquired by the University of Arizona, becoming the Universit ...
in 2009.
Bush died of a heart attack at age 42 in late 2011.
References
External links
NFL.com player page
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1969 births
2011 deaths
Place of death missing
American football linebackers
Washington State Cougars football players
San Diego Chargers players
Kansas City Chiefs players
National Football League announcers
Players of American football from Atlanta
Players of American football from Tacoma, Washington
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