- Hughie Russell
Football player infobox| playername= Hughie Russell
fullname = William Hugh Russell
nickname =
dateofbirth =10 March 1921cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| id=ISBN 0-7524-2243-X|pages=p282]
dateofdeath=10 December 1991
cityofdeath=Taunton
cityofbirth =Redcar
countryofbirth =England
countryofdeath =England
height = 5'10"
currentclub = n/a
clubnumber =n/a
position = Centre forward
youthyears = unknown
youthclubs = unknown
years=?
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1946-1952
clubs=South Bank
Bishop Auckland
Royal Engineers
(Barton Stacey)
Gillingham
caps(goals) =unknown
unknown
unknown
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pcupdate = 21 August 2007William Hugh "Hughie" Russell (
10 March ,1921 –10 December ,1991 ) was an English professionalfootball (soccer) player.Shortly after
World War II Russell joined Gillingham, then a non-league team. He scored 98 goals in just 126 games for theKent side prior to their return to theFootball League in 1950, including a haul of nine goals in a match against Gloucester City in the 1946–47 season, a club record for a single match which stands to this day. Contemporary newspaper reports state that he hit the post late on with a shot which could have given him double figures.cite book
last = Triggs
first = Roger
coauthors =
title = Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984
publisher = Kent County Libraries
year = 1984
isbn =
pages = p16 ]Russell remained at the club after its re-election to the Football League, but could not repeat his non-league scoring feats, registering just 8 goals in over 60 matches. He was forced to retire through injury in 1952 and later served as the club's trainer before leaving football entirely to work as a hotelier. He died in
Taunton in 1991.References
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