# Mike Frank Russell

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Irish Gaelic footballer (born 1977)

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Mike Frank Russell Personal information Native name Mícheál Prionsias Ruiséal (Irish) Born 1977 (age 48–49) Killorglin, County Kerry Occupation teacher Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Sport Sport Gaelic football Position Right corner forward Club Years Club 1995-present Laune Rangers Club titles Kerry titles 2 (1 as sub) Munster titles 2 (1 as sub) All-Ireland Titles 1 (1 as sub) College titles Sigerson titles 1 Inter-county Years County Apps (scores) 1997-2009 Kerry 56 (8-130) Inter-county titles Munster titles 8 All-Irelands 5 NFL 4 ( 1 as sub) All Stars 1

**Mike Frank Russell** (born 1977) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) with his local club [Laune Rangers](/source/Laune_Rangers) and was a member at senior level of the [Kerry county team](/source/Kerry_county_football_team) from 1997 until 2009.

## Early life

Born in [Killorglin](/source/Killorglin), [County Kerry](/source/County_Kerry) in 1977, Russell was educated at Scoil Mhuire national school before later attending the Intermediate School in Killorglin. It was here that Russell's football skills were first developed and he became a key member of the school's senior team. In 1996, he captured a [Corn Uí Mhuirí](/source/Corn_U%C3%AD_Mhuir%C3%AD) winners' medal as the Killorglin school captured the Munster colleges' title. An All-Ireland colleges' final appearance beckoned for Russell's side with St Patrick's of [Maghera](/source/Maghera) providing the opposition. Killorglin went on a goal scoring spree and proved more than a match for the point-scoring abilities of St Pat's. A 4-8 to 1-14 score line gave Killorglin the win and gave Russell an [All-Ireland](/source/Hogan_Cup) colleges' winners' medal.

Russell currently works as a teacher in Mercy Holy Cross primary school in [Killarney](/source/Killarney).[1] In 2009, he married Sinead O'Brien in Killorglin.

## Playing career

### College

Russell attended the [Institute of Technology, Tralee](/source/Institute_of_Technology%2C_Tralee) (ITT), where he lined out with the institute's senior football team and enjoyed some success. In the 1997–98 season, his side reached the final of the inter-varsities football competition. The [University of Ulster](/source/University_of_Ulster) provided the opposition on that occasion in [Austin Stack Park](/source/Austin_Stack_Park); however, ITT won the game by 0-10 to 0-8, giving Russell a [Sigerson Cup](/source/Sigerson_Cup) winners' medal.

### Inter-county

Russell made his debut for Kerry in the 1997 season. He became a key forward for Kerry over the next decade, winning a total of five All-Ireland medals with Kerry. He was also selected for the All-Star team in 2000. He retired from inter-county football in 2009.[2] Went to New York for summer 2009 to play for Roscommon New York who won the Championship

## Honours

### Ireland

- **[International Rules Series](/source/International_Rules_Series)** (1) - 2001 (sub)

### Kerry

- **[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship)** (5) - 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007; - runner-up 2002, 2005, 2008

- **[Munster Senior Football Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Football_Championship)** (8) - 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; runner-up 1999, 2006, 2008

- **[National Football League (Division 1)](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland))** (4) - 1996-97, 2004, 2006, 2009 (sub)

- **[National Football League (Division 2)](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland))** (1) - 2002

- **[All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship)** (2) - 1996, 1998

- **[Munster Under-21 Football Championship](/source/Munster_Under-21_Football_Championship)** (3) - 1996 (sub), 1997, 1998 (sub)

- **[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship)** (1) - 1994

- **[Munster Minor Football Championship](/source/Munster_Minor_Football_Championship)** (1) - 1994

### Intermediate School Killorglin

- **[All-Ireland Senior Colleges' Football Championship](/source/Hogan_Cup)** (1) - 1996

- **[Munster Senior Colleges' Football Championship](/source/Corn_U%C3%AD_Mhuir%C3%AD)** (1) - 1996

### Institute of Technology, Tralee

- **[Sigerson Cup](/source/Sigerson_Cup)** (1) - 1997-98

### Laune Rangers

- **[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Football_Championship)** (1) - 1996 (sub)

- **[Munster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Munster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship)** (1) - 1995 (sub), 1996

- **[Kerry Senior Football Championship](/source/Kerry_Senior_Football_Championship)** (2) - 1995 (sub), 1996; runner-up 1997, 2003, 2004

- **[Kerry Under-21 Football Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_Under-21_Football_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1)** (1) - 1995

- **[Kerry Minor Football Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_Minor_Football_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1)** (1) - 1995

- [Kerry County Football League – Division 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerry_County_Football_League_%E2%80%93_Division_1&action=edit&redlink=1) (4) - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

### Awards

- **[GAA GPA All Stars Awards](/source/GAA_GPA_All_Stars_Awards)** (1) - 2000

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Mercy Holy Cross School](http://www.mercyholycross.ie/teaching-staff.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115238/http://www.mercyholycross.ie/teaching-staff.html) 2017-02-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) website

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["End of an era as Mike Frank retires"](http://www.kerryman.ie/premium/sport/gaelic-football/end-of-an-era-as-mike-frank-retires-1801049.html). [The Kerryman](/source/The_Kerryman). 1 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

Awards Preceded by Mark O'Reilly (Meath) All-Ireland Senior Football Final Man of the Match 2000 (Drawn game) Succeeded by Seamus Moynihan (Kerry)

v t e Laune Rangers – 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions (1st title) 1 P. Lyons 2 A. Hassett 3 P. Sheahan 4 M. O'Connor 5 M. Hassett 6 T. Byrne 7 S. O'Sullivan 8 T. Fleming 9 P. Prendiville 10 J. Shannon 11 C. Kearney 12 G. Murphy (c) 13 P. Griffin 14 L. Hassett 15 B. O'Shea Subs used 16 B. O'Sullivan for P. Griffin 17 J. O'Shea for P. Prendiville Subs not used 18 P. McKenna 19 P. Murphy 20 J. Sheehan 21 F. O'Brien 22 J. Doona 23 M. F. Russell 24 P. O'Sullivan Manager J. Evans

Kerry squads v t e Kerry – 1994 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (11th title) 1 B. Murphy 2 K. O'Driscoll 3 B. O'Shea 4 S. O'Mahony 5 T. Fleming 6 C. McCarthy 7 F. O'Connor 8 D. O'Dwyer 9 G. O'Keeffe 10 J. Ferriter (c) 11 L. Brosnan 12 G. Lynch 13 J. O'Shea 14 P. O'Sullivan 15 G. Murphy Subs 17 M.F. Russell Subs not used 16 M. Foley 18 L. Burns 19 É. Fitzmaurice 20 M. Mulvihill 21 G. Cremin 22 M. Kelliher 23 K. O'Sullivan 24 C. O'Malley Manager C. Nelligan Selectors M. Sheehy D. Crowley S. Walshe J. Murphy v t e Kerry – 1996 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (8th title) 1 D. Murphy 2 K. O'Driscoll 3 B. McCarthy 4 M. O'Shea 5 K. Burns 6 C. Drummond 7 É. Fitzmaurice 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 D. O'Dwyer 11 L. Hassett (c) 12 D. Ó Cinnéide 13 J O'Shea 14 B. Clarke 15 M. F. Russell Subs used J. Brennan Ruairi O'Rahilly J. Ferriter Manager J. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 1996–97 National Football League Champions (16th title) 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 K. Burns 3 Barry O'Shea 4 M. Hassett 5 S. Moynihan 6 L. O'Flaherty 7 E. Breen 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 P. Laide 11 L. Hassett 12 D. O'Dwyer 13 D. Ó Cinnéide 14 B. Clarke 15 M. Fitzgerald Subs M. F. Russell Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 1997 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (31st title) 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 K. Burns 3 Barry O'Shea 4 S. Stack 5 S. Moynihan 6 L. O'Flaherty 7 E. Breen 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 P. Laide 11 L. Hassett (c) 12 D. O'Dwyer 13 Billy O'Shea 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 M. Fitzgerald Sub used 22 J. Crowley for Billy O'Shea 19 M. F. Russell for D. Ó Cinnéide 20 D. Daly for W. Kirby Sub not used 16 P. O'Leary 17 M. Hassett 18 B. Clarke 21 S. Burke 23 M. O'Shea 24 T. Ó Sé Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. O'Connor B. O'Callaghan S. Mac Gearailt T. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 1998 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (9th title) 1 D. Moloney 2 M. McCarthy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Leen 5 J. Sheehan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Beckett 8 T. Griffin 9 É. Fitzmaurice 10 A. Mac Gearailt 11 P. O'Sullivan 12 L. Brosnan 13 M. F. Russell 14 N. Kennelly 15 B. Scanlon (c) Subs used I. Twiss M. Burke S. Hegarty Manager J. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (32nd title) 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 M. Hassett 3 S. Moynihan (c) 4 M. McCarthy 5 T. Ó Sé 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 T. O'Sullivan 8 D. Ó Sé 9 D. Daly 10 A. Mac Gearailt 11 L. Hassett 12 N. Kennelly 13 M. F. Russell 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 J. Crowley Subs used (replay) 17 M. Fitzgerald 20 T. Griffin Subs used (drawn game) 17 M. Fitzgerald 18 D. O'Dwyer Subs not used 16 P. O'Leary 19 K. Burns 21 E. Galvin 22 M. Lyons 23 K. Dillon 24 S. O'Sullivan Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. O'Keeffe J. O'Connor E. O'Sullivan E. Walsh v t e Kerry – 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 M. Ó Sé 3 S. Moynihan 4 M. McCarthy 5 T. Ó Sé 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 J. Sheehan 8 D. Ó Sé (c) 9 D. Daly 10 S. O'Sullivan 11 E. Brosnan 12 L. Hassett 13 M. F. Russell 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 C. Cooper Subs used 17 A. Mac Gearailt for S. O'Sullivan 19 T. O'Sullivan for M. Ó Sé 18 J. Crowley L. Hassett 20 B. O'Shea for D. Daly Subs not used 16 D. Murphy 21 S. Scanlon 22 D. O'Sullivan 23 M. Lyons 24 I. Twiss 25 F. Kelliher 26 D. Quill 27 R. O'Connor 28 M. Finn 29 E. Galvin 30 M. D. Cahill Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. O'Keeffe J. O'Dwyer E. O'Sullivan E. Walsh v t e Kerry – 2004 National Football League Champions (17th title) 1 D. Murphy 2 T. O'Sullivan 3 M. McCarthy 4 A. O'Mahony 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 S. Moynihan 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 J. Crowley 15 M. F. Russell Subs used D. Ó Cinnéide for Crowley M. Ó Sé for Galvin Manager J. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 2004 All Ireland Senior Football Champions (33rd title) 1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. McCarthy 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 M. Ó Sé 6 É. Fitzmaurice 7 T. Ó Sé 8 W. Kirby 9 E. Brosnan 10 L. Hassett 11 D. O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 D. Ó Cinnéide (c) 15 J. Crowley Subs used 19 S. Moynihan for L. Hassett 17 M. F. Russell for J. Crowley 21 R. O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide 18 P. Kelly for P. Galvin 25 B. Guiney for T. Ó Sé Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 20 M. Quirke 22 J. Sheehan 23 D. Quill 24 T. Griffin 26 S. O'Sullivan 27 N. Kennelly 28 J. Cronin 29 B. Sheehan 30 R. Ó Flatharta Manager J. O'Connor Selectors G. O'Keeffe J. Culloty v t e Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist 1 D. Murphy 2 M. McCarthy 3 A. O'Mahony 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 T. Ó Sé 6 M. Ó Sé 7 S. Moynihan 8 D. Ó Sé 9 W. Kirby 10 L. Hassett 11 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 12 P. Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 E. Brosnan 15 D. Ó Cinnéide Subs used 17 M. F. Russell for L. Hassett 21 Darran O'Sullivan for D. Ó Cinnéide 18 É. Fitzmaurice for S. Moynihan 19 B. Sheehan for P. Galvin Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 20 B. Guiney 22 D. Quill 23 R. O'Connor 24 P. Kelly 25 K. Donaghy 26 M. Lyons 27 M. Quirke 28 P. Reidy 29 T. Griffin Manager J. O'Connor Selectors G. O'Keeffe J. Culloty v t e Kerry – 2006 National Football League Champions (18th title) 1 D. Murphy 2 A. O'Mahony 3 M. Ó Sé 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 S. Moynihan 6 T. Ó Sé 7 M. Lyons 8 D. Ó Sé 9 K. Donaghy 10 P. Galvin 11 É. Fitzmaurice 12 B. Sheehan 13 C. Cooper 14 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 15 R. O'Connor Subs used Darran O'Sullivan for O'Connor E. Brosnan for Fitzmaurice T. Griffin for O'Mahony M. F. Russell for Cooper Manager J. O'Connor v t e Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title) 1 D. Murphy 2 M. Ó Sé 3 M. McCarthy 4 T. O'Sullivan 5 T. Ó Sé 6 S. Moynihan 7 A. O'Mahony 8 D. Ó Sé 9 T. Griffin 10 S. O'Sullivan 11 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 12 P. Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 M. F. Russell Subs used 17 E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé 18 Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan 19 É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin 20 B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell 22 B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 21 M. Lyons 23 R. O'Connor 24 P. Reidy 25 P. O'Connor 26 K. Young 27 R. Hussey 28 K. O'Leary 29 A. Mac Gearailt 30 A. O'Connell Manager J. O'Connor Selectors G. O'Keeffe J. Culloty v t e Kerry – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (35th title) 1 D. Murphy 2 M. Ó Sé 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 P. Reidy 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 K. Young 8 D. Ó Sé 9 S. Scanlon 10 P. Galvin 11 Declan O'Sullivan (c) 12 E. Brosnan 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 B. Sheehan Subs used 18 S. O'Sullivan for Galvin 20 Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan 26 T. Griffin for Young 21 M. F. Russell for Sheehan 19 M. Lyons for Reidy Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 17 M. Quirke 22 D. Bohane 23 P. O'Connor 24 R. Ó Flatharta 25 K. O'Leary 27 R. Hussey 28 D. Walsh 29 T. Walsh 30 D. Quill Manager P. O'Shea Selectors D. Geaney S. Geaney v t e Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist 1 D. Murphy 2 M. Ó Sé 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 P. Reidy 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 A. O'Mahony 7 K. Young 8 D. Ó Sé 9 S. Scanlon 10 B. Sheehan 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 E. Brosnan 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used 28 P. Galvin for T. Walsh 19 Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan 17 T. Griffin for S. Scanlon 23 M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan 27 D. Moran for B. Sheehan Subs not used 16 K. Cremin 18 S. O'Sullivan 20 M. Quirke 21 D. Walsh 22 D. Bohane 24 R. Ó Flatharta 25 P. O'Connor 26 K. O'Leary 29 A. Maher 30 P. Corridan 31 M. Moloney 32 K. Quirke 33 A.O'Shea Manager P. O'Shea Selectors D. Geaney S. Geaney

v t e Ireland football team – 2001 International Rules Series 1 C. Sullivan 2 G. Canty 3 D. Fay 4 S. M. Lockhart 5 A. Rainbow 6 K. McGeeney 7 S. Óg De Paor 8 D. Ó Sé 9 S. Moynihan 10 D. Earley 11 M. Donnellan 12 T. Kennelly 13 G. Geraghty 14 A. Tohill (c) 15 B. Devenney Subs C. McManus P. Joyce B. J. O'Sullivan E. O'Hara J. Crowley F. Grehan C. McAnallen C. Goggins M. F. Russell D. McCabe N. Buckley C. Whelan Coach B. McEniff Selectors J. O'Keeffe P. Clarke

Awards v t e 2000 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 K. McKeever 3 S. Moynihan 4 M. McCarthy 5 D. Meehan 6 K. McGeeney 7 A. Rainbow 8 A. Tohill 9 D. Ó Sé 10 M. Donnellan 11 L. Hassett 12 O. McConville 13 M. F. Russell 14 P. Joyce 15 D. Savage v t e GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year 1997: M. F. Russell 1998: M. Donnellan 1999: P. Clifford 2000: J. Bergin 2001: C. McAnallen 2002: R. Clarke 2003: S. Cavanagh 2004: N. Tinney 2005: A. Kernan 2006: K. Higgins 2007: K. Young 2008: T. Walsh 2009: M. Murphy 2010: A. Walsh 2011: C. O'Connor 2012: C. O'Connor 2013: J. McCaffrey 2014: R. McHugh 2015: D. O'Connor 2016: D. O'Connor 2017: C. O'Callaghan 2018: D. Clifford 2019: S. O'Shea 2020: O. Mullin 2021: O. Mullin 2022: J. Glynn 2023: E. Doherty 2024: O. Conaty 2025: F. Roarty v t e All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final – Man of the Match 1990 S. Fahy 1991: J. McCartan 1992: M. Boyle 1993: J. McGurk 1994: M. Linden 1995: P. Curran 1996 (draw): L. McHale 1996 (replay): T. Dowd 1997: M. Fitzgerald 1998: M. Donnellan 1999: M. O'Reilly 2000 (draw): M. F. Russell 2000 (replay): S. Moynihan 2001: P. Joyce 2002: O. McConville 2003: K. Hughes 2004: C. Cooper 2005: O. Mulligan 2006: A. O'Mahony 2007: C. Cooper 2008: S. Cavanagh 2009: T. O'Sullivan 2010: D. Goulding 2011: K. Nolan 2012: M. Murphy 2013: B. Brogan 2014: P. Murphy 2015: B. Fenton 2016 (draw): J. Small 2016 (replay): M. Fitzsimons 2017: J. McCarthy 2018: J. McCaffrey 2019 (draw): J. McCaffrey 2019 (replay): C. Kilkenny 2020: C. O'Callaghan 2021: D. McCurry 2022: D. Clifford 2023: P. Mannion 2024: O. Conaty 2025: G. White

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