Stephen Russ

Stephen Russ
Stephen Russ
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Russ
Date of birth	29 April 1955 (age 62)
Original team(s)	Ormond Amateurs
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated February 24, 2019

Stephen Russ (born 29 April 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 774. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Stephen Russ's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Stephen Russ at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 774. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.