{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{for|the American entrepreneur|T. Russell Shields}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Russell Shields | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Frankston | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Frankston Peninsula | height = 180cm | weight = 80kg | position = | statsend = 1988 | years1 = 1983–1984 | club1 = Hawthorn | games_goals1 = 17 (15) | years2 = 1988 | club2 = Footscray | games_goals2 = {{0}}3 {{0}}(7) | games_goalstotal = 20 (22) | careerhighlights = }} '''Russell Shields''' (born 22 July 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Frankston Peninsula.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|595}}</ref>
After playing 17 games over two years at Hawthorn, he moved to South Australia to play for Central District in the South Australian National Football League. He returned to Victoria in 1988 to play for Footscray, where he kicked 5 goals in round 1, his first game for the Bulldogs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9n1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3345%2C2123080 |title=Dogs defeat a weakened foe|first=Garry|last=Linnell|date=5 April 1988}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AFL Tables|ref=R/Russell_Shields.html}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Russell}} Category:1962 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Hawthorn Football Club players Category:Western Bulldogs players Category:Central District Football Club players Category:Living people Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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