Jeffrey Cameron Russel (October 27, 1900 – May 3, 1926) was a Canadian football player remembered as a star with the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers and his early accidental death.

The family returned to Montreal in 1909 where Jeff was attended Selwyn House School and Lower Canada College and participated in athletics.

In 1917, he enrolled at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario and became a halfback for the RMC Redmen until graduating in 1920 with the Governor General's Academic Medal.

[2][3] Russel entered McGill to continue his studies in electrical engineering and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the militia.

[3] The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is presented annually, in his honour to the most outstanding player of the Quebec University Football League.