Wally Russell
| Wally Russell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Walter Ivan Russell | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 4 March 1981 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Clifton Springs, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Bacchus Marsh | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1942–43, 1945–48 | Richmond | 33 (11) | |
| 1948–49 | Geelong | 25 (19) | |
| Total | 58 (30) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Wally Russell (25 March 1923 – 4 March 1981) was recruited from Bacchus Marsh where he played in the club's 1940 Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association premiership[1] and also won the Association's best and fairest award, the Cyril C Jones Medal.[2]
Russell was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] Russell was a member of 1946 Richmond Reserves premiership team.[4]
Upon leaving Geelong, Russell was the St. Kilda Reserves Captain-Coach in 1950, playing 18 games, then went to BlackRock as Captain-Coach in 1951–52, then onto Carrum as Captain-Coach from 1953 to 1962, winning a premiership in 1959, winning the club Best & Fairest in 1958 and he also won a league Best & Fairest award too.
Russell was captain-coach of Beechworth Seniors in the Ovens & King Football League in 1965[5] and retired as a player, aged 44 in 1967, as captain-coach of Beechworth Reserves.
Father of former Geelong footballer, Ivan Russell.
He served in the R.A.A.F, for five years during World War 2.[6] During his service, he was stationed in Canada.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "1940 - Bacchus Marsh Premiers". The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic). 14 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "1940 - Saturday's Highlights". The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic). 14 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 775. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1946 - RICHMOND'S POINT WIN FOR PENNANT". The Herald. 28 September 1946. p. 26. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Neil Barter. All links in the chain. The centenary history of the Ovens and King Football League. Ovens & King FNL. p. 157.
- ^ "Walter Russell - War Profile". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Wally Russell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Wally Russell at AustralianFootball.com
- Wally Russell profile @ Tigerland Archive