{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Russell Tweeddale | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|6|27|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Redan | height = 185 cm | weight = 82 kg | position = | statsend = 1980 | years1 = 1977–1979 | club1 = St Kilda | games_goals1 = 43 (26) | years2 = 1980 | club2 = Footscray | games_goals2 = 8 (1) | games_goalstotal = 51 (27) | careerhighlights = }} '''Russell Tweeddale''' (born 27 June 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Tweeddale, who was from Ballarat, was a member of Redan's 1975 and 1976 premiership teams.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref><ref name=Age>''The Age'', [http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19770413&id=4PFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ipIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4049,2989598 "Saints hope his halo won't slip"], 13 April 1977, p. 14</ref> Also a talented basketball player, Tweeddale represented the Victoria Country side at the 1976 Australian Basketball Championships.<ref name=Age/> After starting at St Kilda with the reserves, in 1975, Tweeddale broke into the seniors in the 1977 VFL season.<ref name=Age/> He was one of St Kilda's best players on his league debut and made a total of 17 appearances that year, followed by 17 in 1978 and seven in 1979.<ref name=Age/><ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Russell_Tweeddale.html| title=Russell Tweeddale| publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref> Footscray acquired his services in 1980 and he played eight senior games for his new club.<ref name=AFLTables/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110588048 |title=Magpies will battle at Arden Street. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=5 April 1980 |accessdate=13 February 2014 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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