Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Russell
- Born
- Wednesday, 19th November, 1919
- Died
- Sunday, 8th June, 1958 (Aged 38 years and 201 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Additional Notes
Played for both Western Suburbs & Mt. Kembla in 1944 & 1945, Wests on Saturday & Mt. Kembla in the Illawarra comp on Sunday and was selected for Country in 1944 while playing with Wests.
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6 | - | 42 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 43.59% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 41 | 12 | 6 | - | 48 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 41.46% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1943-44 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Seconds | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1943-1945 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1943 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1944 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1945 | 15 | 5 | 6 | - | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1947 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1943-46 | 27 | 10 | 6 | - | 42 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 37.04% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1947 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1943-1947 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 43.59% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives

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