Anthony Russell was born on 13 January 1961 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.
10 Facts About Tony Russell
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Tony Russell is the most prolific forward in the history of the Hampden Football League, with a record 1020 goals.
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Originally from Coleraine, Tony Russell was only a teenager when he kicked over 100 goals in a season for Hamilton in the Western Border Football League.
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Tony Russell played seven VFL games in three seasons at Collingwood.
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Tony Russell kicked four goals when he made his debut, against Essendon, in the 1982 VFL season, but his best haul came the following year, with six goals, four of them in the final quarter, against the Sydney Swans at Victoria Park.
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Tony Russell crossed to Victorian Football Association club Preston during 1984 and was a member of their premiership team that year.
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Tony Russell left Preston at the end of 1984 and was linked to Williamstown during the pre-season.
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Tony Russell finished the 1985 season playing for Cavendish in the South West DFL.
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Tony Russell played in three premiership teams and was the Hampden Football League leading goalkicker every season from 1986 to 1991, and then for a seventh time in 1994.
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Tony Russell, who retired aged 43, is believed to have kicked in excess of 2000 goals over the course of his career and played in 15 grand finals, from which he finished on the premiership-winning team nine times.