{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Russell Ellen | image = | fullname = Russell P. Ellen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|02|08|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Marnoo | height = 191 cm | weight = 89 kg | position = Ruck | guernsey = 30 | statsend = 1977 | years1 = 1973–77 | club1 = {{AFL Ess}} | games_goals1 = 35 {{0}}(5) | years2 = 1978–83 | club2 = West Perth | games_goals2 = 108 (57) | careerhighlights = }} '''Russell Ellen''' (born 8 February 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=256}}</ref> Ellen later played for West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Wembley in the Western Australian Amateur Football League, his old team Marnoo in the Lexton Football League, South Broken Hill in the Broken Hill Football League, and finally in Perth's Sunday Football League.
== Notes == {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables}} *{{AustralianFootball}} *[http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles-e Essendon Football Club past player profile] *{{WAFL FootyFacts}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellen, Russell}} Category:Living people Category:1954 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:West Perth Football Club players Category:South Broken Hill Football Club players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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