[2] Russell, from Beechworth finished third in the 1968 Ovens & King Football League best and fairest award, the Clyde Baker Medal with 16 votes and was runner up in the 1969 Beechworth FC best and fairest.
Russell was best on ground in Beechworth’s losing 1969 Ovens & King Football League grand final side[3] before signing with Geelong.
[4] Russell later played 87 games with Geelong West Football Club, between 1975 and 1979, including their 1975 VFA Division One premiership.
Russell represented the VFA in 1979, in a convincing 156 point win against Queensland at Toorak Park.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1950s is a stub.