Barry Russell (Cronulla)
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Barry Russell is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the halves for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks club of the NSWRL Premiership[3] with whom he won the Rothmans Medal in 1988.
A member of the same Jersey Flegg Cup team as Andrew Ettinghausen and Jonathan Docking,[4] Russell made his first-grade debut in 1985. Towards the end of the season, Russell was the team's regular five-eighth.
Russell had the first of two shoulder reconstructions after the 1985 season,[5] and took no part in 1986. His career was often hampered by injury.[6]
Despite missing six games of the 1988 NSWRL season due to injury, 23-year-old Russell was awarded the Rothmans Medal.[7]
Sources
- ^ "stats.rleague.com". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ RLP
- ^ Barry Russell at yesterdayshero.com.au Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jenny Stevens (21 July 1985). "Big Jack and his Kidlets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Blake to replace Hasler as Manly halfback". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 1986. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Ian Heads (28 April 1988). "Sterling shows why he is better than the King". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Paul Tait & Heather Smith (1 September 1988). "Cool Russell is ready to shoulder the burden for Sharks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax. p. 50. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
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