Barry Russell (Cronulla)
# Barry Russell (Cronulla)

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 with whom he won the Rothmans Medal in 1988.

A member of the same Jersey Flegg Cup team as Andrew Ettinghausen and Jonathan Docking, 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, and took no part in 1986. His career was often hampered by injury.

Despite missing six games of the 1988 NSWRL season due to injury, 23-year-old Russell was awarded the Rothmans Medal.

## 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". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
* ↑ "Blake to replace Hasler as Manly halfback". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 1986. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
* ↑ Ian Heads (28 April 1988). "Sterling shows why he is better than the King". 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.
