Russ Elliott
Hawthorn
AFL career
9 games4 goals
- Debut
- R17 1939 v COL19 Aug 1939
- Most recent
- R10 1942 v SME11 July 1942
Stats
Bio
Recruited from South Hawthorn United, Russ Elliott arrived at Glenferrie Oval with a reputation as a prodigious goal-kicker in local circles, having famously booted a staggering 174 goals during the 1936 season. A solid 185cm forward who dominated the suburban leagues—once kicking 25 goals in a single match against Box Hill Methodists—he found the step up to VFL level more challenging, managing sporadic appearances between 1939 and 1942. While he struggled to replicate his prolific scoring feats in the senior side, contributing just four goals across his nine games, his career was defined less by form and more by circumstance. Like many young men of his era, Elliott's football journey was cut short by duty, with his time in the brown and gold coming to a permanent halt when he enlisted in the Australian Army to serve in World War II.
Profile
- Born
- 12 July 1918
- Died
- 10 Sept 1988 (aged 70y 60d)
- Birthplace
- Burnley, VIC
- Deathplace
- Hastings, VIC
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from South Hawthorn United, Russ Elliott arrived at Glenferrie Oval with a reputation as a prodigious goal-kicker in local circles, having famously booted a staggering 174 goals during the 1936 season. A solid 185cm forward who dominated the suburban leagues—once kicking 25 goals in a single match against Box Hill Methodists—he found the step up to VFL level more challenging, managing sporadic appearances between 1939 and 1942. While he struggled to replicate his prolific scoring feats in the senior side, contributing just four goals across his nine games, his career was defined less by form and more by circumstance. Like many young men of his era, Elliott's football journey was cut short by duty, with his time in the brown and gold coming to a permanent halt when he enlisted in the Australian Army to serve in World War II.