Jack Russell (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1919–2006)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jack Russell

| image = Jack Russell 1951.jpg

| caption = Russell, {{Circa|1951}}

| number = 53, 16, 29

| position = End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|8|29}}

| birth_place = Nemo, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|1|16|1919|8|29}}

| death_place = Cleburne, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 215

| high_school = Cleburne (Cleburne, Texas)

| college = Baylor

| draftyear = 1943

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 22

| pastteams = * Blackland AAF (1943)

• Randolph Field (1944)
• New York Yankees (1946–1949)
• New York Yanks ({{NFL Year|1950}})
• Saskatchewan Roughriders (1951-1952)

| highlights = * First-team All-SWC (1940)

• Second-team All-SWC (1941)

| statleague = NFL/AAFC

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 83

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 1,331

| statlabel3 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 18

| pfr = RussJa20

}}

James Monroe "Jack" Russell (August 29, 1919 – January 16, 2006) was an American football end.

Russell was born in Nemo, Texas in 1919 and attended Cleburne High School in Cleburne, Texas. He played college football at Baylor. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1943 but did not play for them. During World War II, he served in the military and played on the 1944 Randolph Field Ramblers football team. In December 1944, he was named to the 1944 All-Service football team by the Associated Press.{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1944 |title=Seven Navy Players Make Service All-America |page=12 |work=The Times Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45871580/seven-navy-players-make-service/ |via=Newspapers.com}}

After the war, Russell played professional football in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees from 1946 to 1949 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Yanks in 1950. He appeared in 65 professional football games, 56 of them as a starter, and tallied 83 receptions for 1,331 yards and 15 touchdowns.{{Cite web |title=Jack Russell Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RussJa20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=February 29, 2020}} He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1951 to 1952.

Russell died in 2006, in Cleburne, Texas.