Hugh Yelverton "Bert" Russel (December 27, 1872 – November 11, 1924), occasionally misnamed Herbert Russell,[1] was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club in the 1890s.

Russel played ice hockey and football at McGill University, where he studied mining engineering.

[3] A draftsman for the Geological Survey of Canada during his time in Ottawa,[3] he served as field assistant to geologists Albert Peter Low and later R.G.

[2] McConnell named the Russel Range in British Columbia after his assistant.

[2] He died in 1924 in Vancouver, where he was a sales manager for the Canadian Explosives Company, Ltd.[2] He was the father of Canadian football player Jeff Russel and brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Blair Russel.