Past playersTom Bush
Years: 1933-1947
Appearances: 69
Goals: 1
Half-back Tom Bush was one of so many players who saw their careers disrupted by the Second World War.
He debuted for Liverpool's first team at the end of December 1933, and made more than 60 further league and FA Cup appearances by the time hostilities broke out in September 1939.
Bush returned to Anfield when the war was over and the last of his outings came against Preston North End on April 7, 1947 - more than 13 years after he had made his debut.
His solitary goal for the club came at Sunderland on December 17, 1938.
After Bush retired as a player, he was in charge of bringing players through the youth system at Liverpool for several years, preparing them for the reserves and then hopefully the first team.
He also dealt with the administrative side of the senior team, working out travel arrangements, booking meals and doing similar tasks in the daily running of a football club.
Much of his work was done away from Anfield, in close co-operation with chief scout Geoff Twentyman, by interviewing parents of youngsters who Liverpool had interest in bringing to the club.
His proudest day came when the Reds won the FA Cup in 1965, with no fewer than five members of his junior development team claiming medals: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan, Tommy Smith, Tommy Lawrence and Gerry Byrne.
He spent 37 years at the club apart from his war service.