Joe 'Chimpy' Busch (1907-1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer. A state and national representative halfback, his club career was played with Eastern Suburbs in Sydney in the 1930s and he has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
Born in the country town of Maclean, New South Wales Busch first broke into the Eastern Suburbs rugby league side as a 19 year old having been spotted by talent scout John 'Din...
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Joe 'Chimpy' Busch (1907-1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer. A state and national representative halfback, his club career was played with Eastern Suburbs in Sydney in the 1930s and he has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
Born in the country town of Maclean, New South Wales Busch first broke into the Eastern Suburbs rugby league side as a 19 year old having been spotted by talent scout John 'Dinny' Campbell and invited to trial with the club. Busch played forty-three matches for Easts in the years 1928-30.
The halfback was selected for his state – NSW, where he enjoyed instant success. For many years after, fans would talk about a try Busch scored where he took the ball from a scrum and shot down the blind-side with Souths and Australian winger, Benny Wearing, in support. As the Queensland defence closed in, Busch held the ball back from Wearing - he dummied to him five times before scoring a brilliant individual try. Later that year...
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