Wally Russell

Wally Russell
Personal information
Full name Walter Ivan Russell
Date of birth (1923-03-25)25 March 1923
Place of birth Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Date of death 4 March 1981(1981-03-04) (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]
  1. ^ "1940 - Bacchus Marsh Premiers". The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic). 14 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "1940 - Saturday's Highlights". The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic). 14 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "1946 - RICHMOND'S POINT WIN FOR PENNANT". The Herald. 28 September 1946. p. 26. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ Neil Barter. All links in the chain. The centenary history of the Ovens and King Football League. Ovens & King FNL. p. 157.
  6. ^ "Walter Russell - War Profile". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
[edit]