Luke Russell

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Luke Russell

Personal information
Full name	Luke Russell
Date of birth	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992
Place of birth	Burnie, Tasmania
Original team	Burnie Dockers (TFL)
Draft	Underage recruit, Gold Coast
Height/Weight	186cm / 78kg
Position(s)	Forward / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast
Number	8
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–	Gold Coast	43 (17)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Luke Russell is an Australian rules footballer who was pick up by Gold Coast as an underage player from Burnie Dockers. He made his debut against Melbourne^[1] in round 4 of the 2011 season.

Early Life

Luke Russell was born in Burnie, Tasmania and grew up playing Basketball. He represented Tasmania at the state level in Basketball and would be chosen in the Australian u19 development squad in 2007. Due to many injuries he would give up playing Basketball in 2008 and focus on Australian rules football solely.

Junior Football

Russell began his junior football with the Burnie Dockers who compete in the Tasmanian Football League and made his debut in the seniors team in 2008 as a 16 year old. His form for Burnie in 2008 would earn him a spot in the Tasmanian team that competed in the Australian U16 Championships and was given an AIS scholarship later that year. At 17 years old he would be selected as the captain of the U18 Tasmanian team that competed in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships. Following his performance in the National Championships he was signed as an underage recruit by the Gold Coast Football Club to compete in the Victorian Football League in 2010. In November 2009 he relocated to the Gold Coast with Burnie teammate Maverick Weller to play for the Gold Coast in the VFL.

AFL Career

He made his AFL debut against Melbourne at the MCG in round 4 of the 2011 season. In his second game for the Gold Coast he would come on as a substitute and kick the winning goal in the club's first ever AFL victory.

References

↑ Stubbs, Brett (18 April 2011), "Footy Confidential", Hobart Mercury

External links

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Luke Russell's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
Luke Russell's statistics from AFL Tables

Gold Coast Football Club – current squad

1 O'Meara
2 Smith
3 Sumner
4 Martin
5 Harbrow
6 Sexton
7 Hunt
8 Russell
9 Ablett (c)
10 Prestia
11 Bennell
12 Day
13 Boston*
14 Warnock
15 Gorringe
16 Thompson
17 May
18 McKenzie
19 Lynch
20 Schade
21 Taylor
22 Nicholls
23 Dixon
24 Swallow
25 Stanley
26 Shaw
27 Cameron
28 Kolodjhasnij
29 Murphy
30 Brown (ret.)
31 Allen
32 Matera
33 A. Hall
34 Hutchins
35 Rischitelli (vc)
36 Broughton
37 Lonergan
38 Leslie
39 Herbert*
40 Lemmens
41 Osborne*
43 Ellis*
44 Bock (vc)
46 J. Hall*
48 Tape

Coach: McKenna

* denotes Rookie Listed players

Persondata
Name	Russell, Luke
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	24 January 1992
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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