Russell middle row 3rd from left, with the 1908 Wallaby tour squad1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall
Russell was a centre/winger whose club rugby was played with the Newtown RUFC in Sydney. He played three Tests for the Wallabies in 1907 against the All Blacks before being selected for the first Wallaby tour of Britain in 1908. He played in both Tests of the tour scoring tries in each. His 24 tries in all games of that tour still stands as Wallaby record. He was a member of the Australian Olympic team who won Gold in London in 1908 in the team captained by Chris McKivat.
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On his return to Australia he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with 13 of his Olympic teammates. He played at full-back in the first Test against Great Britain in 1910 when Australia hosted the tourists. He was selected in 1911 for the 2nd Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played in 24 tour matches scoring 9 tries. He played on the wing in the victorious 1st and 2nd Tests of 1911.
His club football was with Newtown, where he played for 7 seasons. He was captain-coach of the Newtown premiership-winning side of 1910, landing two goals to tie the final against South Sydney 4-4, thus enabling Newtown to win the premiership.
Russell coached Newtown for a number of years including the premiership winning team of 1933.He was a graded referee and served as an Australian rugby league selector for a number of years.
Charles Russell was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1944.[3] In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Russell was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.
charles, russell, rugby, charles, boxer, joseph, russell, december, 1884, 1957, pioneer, australian, rugby, union, rugby, league, footballer, coach, represented, country, both, sports, australia, early, dual, code, rugby, internationals, gold, medallist, 1908,. Charles Boxer Joseph Russell 5 December 1884 15 May 1957 was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer and coach He represented his country in both sports and was one Australia s early dual code rugby internationals He was a gold medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics 2 Charles RussellCharles Russell in 1920Birth nameCharles Joseph Russell 1 Date of birth 1884 12 05 5 December 1884 1 Place of birthSt Peters New South Wales 1 Date of death15 May 1957 1957 05 15 aged 72 Place of deathTempe New South WalesRugby union careerPosition s Wing 1 Amateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Newtown Rugby Union International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1907 09Australia 1 5 9 Rugby league careerPlaying informationPositionWingClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910 19 Newtown 69 259 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910 12 Australia 3 3Coaching informationClub Years Team Gms W D L W 1933 NewtownMedal record Men s rugby union Representing Australasia Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition Contents 1 Rugby union career 2 Rugby league career 3 Post playing 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksRugby union career edit nbsp Russell middle row 3rd from left with the 1908 Wallaby tour squad nbsp 1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall Russell was a centre winger whose club rugby was played with the Newtown RUFC in Sydney He played three Tests for the Wallabies in 1907 against the All Blacks before being selected for the first Wallaby tour of Britain in 1908 He played in both Tests of the tour scoring tries in each His 24 tries in all games of that tour still stands as Wallaby record He was a member of the Australian Olympic team who won Gold in London in 1908 in the team captained by Chris McKivat Rugby league career editOn his return to Australia he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with 13 of his Olympic teammates He played at full back in the first Test against Great Britain in 1910 when Australia hosted the tourists He was selected in 1911 for the 2nd Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played in 24 tour matches scoring 9 tries He played on the wing in the victorious 1st and 2nd Tests of 1911 During the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand the first ever Russell made his international league debut in the first Test in Sydney on 18 June Four of his former Wallaby teammates also debuted that day John Barnett Bob Craig Jack Hickey and Chris McKivat making them collectively Australia s 11th to 15th dual code internationals This repeated a similar occurrence two years earlier when five former Wallabies in Micky Dore Dally Messenger Denis Lutge Doug McLean snr and John Rosewell all debuted for the Kangaroos in the first ever Test against New Zealand His club football was with Newtown where he played for 7 seasons He was captain coach of the Newtown premiership winning side of 1910 landing two goals to tie the final against South Sydney 4 4 thus enabling Newtown to win the premiership Russell was also selected for the 1911 12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain Post playing editRussell coached Newtown for a number of years including the premiership winning team of 1933 He was a graded referee and served as an Australian rugby league selector for a number of years Charles Russell was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1944 3 In 2008 the centenary year of rugby league in Australia Russell was named in the Newtown Jets 18 man team of the century See also editRugby union at the 1908 Summer OlympicsFootnotes edit a b c d e Scrum com player profile of Charles Russell Scrum com Retrieved 12 July 2010 Charles Russell Olympedia Retrieved 7 April 2021 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Dec 1944 page 8 References editAndrews Malcolm 2006 The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn Sydney Collective essays 1995 Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby Harper Collins Publishers Sydney Whiticker Alan amp Hudson Glen 2006 The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players Gavin Allen Publishing Sydney Whiticker Alan 2004 Captaining the Kangaroos New Holland Sydney Sporting positions Preceded byJack Chaseling 1929 Coach nbsp Newtown1933 Succeeded byBill Kelly 1936 1937External links editprofile at the Wayback Machine archived 2007 09 29 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Russell rugby amp oldid 1221685631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
