Russ Bolinger

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Russ Bolinger

|number=73

|position=Guard
Tackle

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|9|10|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lb=255

|height_in=5

|high_school=Lompoc (CA)

|college=UC Riverside
Long Beach St.

|draftyear=1976

|draftround=3

|draftpick=68

|pastteams=* Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1976|1982}})

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1983|1985}})

|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=121

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=76

|statlabel3=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue3=3

|pfr=BoliRu20

}}

Russell Dean Bolinger (born September 10, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a offensive lineman for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1985. He played college football for the UC Riverside Highlanders and Long Beach State 49ers. In 1985, he played for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL).

After football, he became an actor, broadcaster, playwright, sports writer/Detroit Free Press and an NFL scout.{{Cn|date=June 2025}} For the past 30 years he has worked as a recruiting coordinator for the University of Utah, an NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, and Atlanta Falcons.{{Cn|date=June 2025}}