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.
[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.