Stuart Russell (footballer)

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Stuart Russell
Personal information
Full name Stuart Russell
Date of birth (1906-07-17)17 July 1906
Place of birth Tocumwal, New South Wales
Date of death 16 July 1978(1978-07-16) (aged 71)
Place of death Essendon, Victoria
Original team(s) Cobram, Barooga
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926, 1931 Essendon 6 (1)
1932 Hawthorn 7 (2)
Total 13 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stuart Russell (17 July 1906 – 16 July 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Russell was initially recruited from the Cobram Football Club[2] in the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1926.[3]

Russell returned to Essendon in 1931 via the Barooga Football Club from the Murray Football League for three senior appearances[4] before playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1932.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "1926 - Russell plays for Essendon FC". Cobram Courier. 22 April 1926. p. 3. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. ^ "1925 - Cobram FC v Muckatah FC". Cobram Courier. 20 August 1925. p. 3. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ^ "1931 - Essendon v St.Kilda". The Herald. 1 May 1931. p. 3. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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