John Russell (29 December 1872 – 10 August 1905) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for

Leith Athletic Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in the East of Scotland Football League, Conference A. First team matches are played at Peffermill 3G. The present club considers itse ...

, St Mirren,

Port Glasgow Athletic Port-Glasgow Athletic was a football club based in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The club was formed in 1878 and originally named Broadfield before changing their name in 1881. They played in the Scottish Football League between 1893 and 1911, and were ...

and

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

,John Russell (I)
MotherWELLnet. Retrieved 20 March 2022 in the English

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for Woolwich Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and Doncaster Rovers, and in the English Southern League for Bristol City and Brighton & Hove Albion.

References

1872 births 1905 deaths Footballers from South Lanarkshire Scottish footballers Association football outside forwards Wishaw Juniors F.C. players Leith Athletic F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Southern Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1870s-stub