| Wally Russell | |
| Fullname: | Walter Ivan Russell |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Clifton Springs, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Bacchus Marsh |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Position: | Forward |
| Statsend: | 1949 |
| Years1: | 1942–43, 1945–48 |
| Games Goals1: | 33 (11) |
| Years2: | 1948–49 |
| Games Goals2: | 25 (19) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 58 (30) |
Wally Russell (25 March 1923 – 4 March 1981) was recruited from Bacchus Marsh where he played in the club's 1940 Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association premiership[1] and also won the Association's best and fairest award, the Cyril C Jones Medal.[2]
Russell was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] Russell was a member of 1946 Richmond Reserves premiership team.[4]
Upon leaving Geelong, Russell was the St. Kilda Reserves Captain-Coach in 1950, playing 18 games, then went to BlackRock as Captain-Coach in 1951–52, then onto Carrum as Captain-Coach from 1953 to 1962, winning a premiership in 1959, winning the club Best & Fairest in 1958 and he also won a league Best & Fairest award too.
Russell was captain-coach of Beechworth Seniors in the Ovens & King Football League in 1965[5] and retired as a player, aged 44 in 1967, as captain-coach of Beechworth Reserves. Father of former Geelong footballer, Ivan Russell.
He served in the R.A.A.F, for five years during World War 2.[6] During his service, he was stationed in Canada.