Darcy Russell
Australian rugby league footballer
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| Full name | Darcy James Russell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darcy Russell was a rugby league footballer in the NSWRFL and was a prolific goal kicker and point-scorer.
Club career
He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for the Eastern Suburbs for 4 seasons between 1948-1951 and the Western Suburbs for 4 seasons between 1957 and 1960.
He played in the Wollongong competition between 1952 and 1956, and was selected for N.S.W. Country in 1953 and kicked 8 goals in the match.
Point scoring records
In the 1947 season Russell topped the point scoring lists for Easts in 1st grade and 3rd grade.
Darcy Russell was the leading pointscorer in the NSWRFL in 1957, 1959 and 1960.
He retired after the 1960 season, aged 38. His brother, Barry Russell also played for Easts in the 1950s.[1]
References
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
External links
- The Encyclopedia of Rugby League; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
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National Rugby League season top points scorers
- 1908 Horrie Miller
- 1909 Arthur Conlin
- 1910 Dally Messenger
- 1911 Dally Messenger
- 1912 Dally Messenger
- 1913 Harold Horder
- 1914 Harold Horder
- 1915 Wally Messenger
- 1916 Charles Fraser
- 1917 Charles Fraser
- 1918 Harold Horder
- 1919 A McPherson
- 1920 Frank Burge
- 1921 Rex Norman
- 1922 Harold Horder
- 1923 Arthur Oxford
- 1924 Jack Courtney
- 1925 Benny Wearing
- 1926 Jack Courtney
- 1927 Alf Blair
- 1928 Benny Wearing
- 1929 Jim Craig
- 1930 Jim Craig
- 1931 Jack Lynch
- 1932 Les Mead
- 1933 Syd Christensen
- 1934 Dave Brown
- 1935 Dave Brown
- 1936 Syd Christensen
- 1937 Jack Beaton
- 1938 Tom Kirk
- 1939 Neville Smith
- 1940 Tom Kirk
- 1941 Neville Smith
- 1942 Ray Lindwall
- 1943 Tom Kirk
- 1944 Tom Kirk
- 1945 Dick Dunn
- 1946 Tom Kirk
- 1947 Pat Devery
- 1948 Jack Lindwall
- 1949 Bill Keato
- 1950 Bill Keato
- 1951 Ron Rowles
- 1953 Ron Rowles
- 1954 Ron Rowles
- 1955 Doug Fleming
- 1956 Doug Fleming
- 1957 Darcy Russell
- 1958 Harry Bath
- 1959 Darcy Russell
- 1960 Brian Graham
- 1961 Bob Landers
- 1962 Don Parish
- 1963 Fred Griffiths
- 1964 Fred Griffiths
- 1965 Fred Griffiths
- 1966 Bob Lanigan
- 1967 Eric Simms
- 1968 Eric Simms
- 1969 Eric Simms
- 1970 Eric Simms
- 1971 Graeme Langlands
- 1972 Allan McKean
- 1973 Graeme Langlands
- 1974 Graham Eadie
- 1975 Graham Eadie
- 1976 Graham Eadie
- 1977 Michael Cronin
- 1978 Michael Cronin
- 1979 Michael Cronin
- 1980 Steve Gearin
- 1981 Steve Rogers
- 1982 Michael Cronin
- 1983 Michael Eden
- 1984 Steve Gearin
- 1985 Michael Cronin
- 1986 Terry Lamb
- 1987 Ross Conlon
- 1988 Gary Belcher
- 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford
- 1990 Mal Meninga
- 1991 Daryl Halligan
- 1992 Daryl Halligan
- 1993 Daryl Halligan
- 1994 Daryl Halligan
- 1995 Matthew Ridge
- 1996 Jason Taylor
- 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL)
- 1998 Ivan Cleary
- 1999 Matt Geyer
- 2000 Joel Caine
- 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker
- 2002 Hazem El Masri
- 2003 Hazem El Masri
- 2004 Hazem El Masri
- 2005 Brett Hodgson
- 2006 Hazem El Masri
- 2007 Hazem El Masri
- 2008 Luke Covell
- 2009 Hazem El Masri
- 2010 Michael Gordon
- 2011 Benji Marshall
- 2012 Jarrod Croker
- 2013 James Maloney
- 2014 James Maloney & Johnathan Thurston
- 2015 James Maloney
- 2016 Jarrod Croker
- 2017 Nathan Cleary
- 2018 Latrell Mitchell
- 2019 Latrell Mitchell
- 2020 Adam Reynolds
- 2021 Reuben Garrick
- 2022 Valentine Holmes
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