James Monroe "Jack" Russell (August 29, 1919 – January 16, 2006) was an
American football
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Russell was born in
Nemo, Texas
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in 1919 and attended Cleburne High School in
Cleburne, Texas
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. He played
college football
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at
Baylor.
[ During ]World War II
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, he served in the military and played on the 1944 Randolph Field Ramblers football team
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. In December 1944, he was named to the 1944 All-Service football team by the Associated Press
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After the war, Russell played professional football in the All-America Football Conference
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(AAFC) for the New York Yankees
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from 1946 to 1949 and in the National Football League
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(NFL) for the New York Yanks
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Season by season overview 1949
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in 1950. He appeared in 65 professional football games, 56 of them as a starter, and tallied 83 receptions for 1,331 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also played in the Canadian Football League
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for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
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from 1951 to 1952.
Russell died in 2006, in Cleburne, Texas
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1919 births
2006 deaths
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Baylor Bears football players
Blackland Army Air Field Eagles football players
New York Yankees (AAFC) players
New York Yanks players
Randolph Field Ramblers football players
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
People from Somervell County, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
Military personnel from Texas