Ivan Russell (born 13 October 1952) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(now known as the Australian Football League). Russell, from

Beechworth Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the , Beechworth had a population of 3,859. Beechworth's many histor ...

finished third in the 1968

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...

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

’s losing 1969

grand final side before signing with Geelong. Russell later played 87 games with

Geelong West Football Club The Geelong West St Peters Football Club was an Australian rules football club that last competed in the Geelong Football League (GFL) from 1989 until the end of the 2016 season. Prior to its merger with St Peters Football Club in 1989, the 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. Son of former Richmond and Geelong footballer,

Wally Russell Wally Russell (25 March 1923 – 4 March 1981) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Russell was a member of 1946 Richmond Reserves premiership team. Upon lea ...

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1975 VFA Division One Premiers: Geelong West FC team photo
1952 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub