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词条 Felix Russo
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  1. Biography

     Football  Personal life 

  2. References

  3. External links

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| death_place =
| originalteam = Elwood CYMS
| height = 178 cm
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| statsend = 1951
| years1 = 1950–1951
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Felice Angelo "Felix" Russo (10 June 1926 – 15 February 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He had a son, father-in-law, two sons-in-law and three grandchildren play VFL/AFL football.

Biography

Football

Educated at De La Salle College, Russo captained his school to a premiership in 1944.[1] He was recruited to locally from Elwood. As well as playing for Elwood CYMS he also played some of his early football for Footscray Technical School Old Boys.[2][3]

Russo, who worked as a physical education instructor, debuted for St Kilda at the age of 23 in the 1950 VFL season.[3] Used as a wingman, he played eight games in his first season of VFL football.[3][4] In the 1951 season he made six appearances for St Kilda.[4]

Following his two seasons at St Kilda, Russo played with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Sandringham. He won the club's best and fairest award in the 1953 VFA season.[5] Under the coaching of Tommy Lahiff, Russo captained Sandringham in 1954.[6][7]

Personal life

Russo is of Italian descent. His father was born in Italy, as were his maternal grandparents.[8]

He is related to many past and present league footballers. His son, Peter Russo, was a member of two Hawthorn premiership teams and also played for St Kilda.[9]

One of his daughters, Bernadette, married Hawthorn player John Kennedy, Jr, who is the son of legendary Hawthorn coach John Kennedy, Sr. John and Bernadette had a son, Josh Kennedy, who plays for the Sydney Swans.[10]

Another daughter, Jenny, also married a footballer, Richmond and South Melbourne defender Ray Ball.[11] Two sons, Luke and Matthew, played in the AFL.[11]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178602975 |title=Sutherland has the Saints "Happy". |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=1 April 1950 |accessdate=16 September 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22836377 |title=League Footballers of 1950—Wing Men. |newspaper=The Argus Weekend Magazine |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=17 June 1950 |accessdate=16 September 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/F/Felix_Russo_gm.html|title=AFL Tables - Felix Russo - Games Played|publisher=AFL Tables|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CbUUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IMQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4290%2C861941|title=Russo Best at Sandringham|date=7 September 1953|work=The Age|page=13|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sandringhamfc.com.au/club-honour-board.aspx|title=Honourboard|publisher=Sandringham Football Club|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19540329&id=DdRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YscDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5298,4115530&hl=en|title=Williamstown to Get Young Centre Player|last=Welch|first=Bruce|date=29 March 1954|work=The Age|page=13|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/player-detail-cms.php?playerId=163|title=Italian Team of the Century - Player Details|publisher=Italian Team of the Century|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=AFL Record, Round 14, 2011|date=24 June 2011|publisher=The Slattery Media Group|page=66}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a-mans-man-and-coachs-coach-20120928-26r4y.html|title=A man's man and coach's coach|last=Flanagan|first=Martin|date=29 September 2012|work=The Age|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=Mum's the word as the Ball boys do battle|last=Baum|first=Greg|date=18 June 2004|work=The Age|page=14|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE040618CATFF76SD8E}}

External links

  • {{AFL Tables|ref=F/Felix_Russo.html}}
  • {{AustralianFootball|ref=felix%2Brusso/7980}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Felix}}

6 : 1926 births|2005 deaths|Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)|St Kilda Football Club players|Sandringham Football Club players|Australian people of Italian descent

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