Mike Frank Russell

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Mike Frank Russell
Personal information
Irish name	Mícheál Prionsias Ruiséal
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right Corner Forward
Born	1977 Killorglin, County Kerry
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	teacher
Club(s)
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(ies)
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 sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Laune Rangers and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1997 until 2009.

Early life

Born in Killorglin, County Kerry in 1977, Russell was educated at the local primary 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 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 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 colleges' winners' medal.

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

Playing career

College

Russell attended the Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT), where he lined out with the institutes'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 provided the opposition on that occasion in Austin Stack Park; however, ITT won the game by 0-10 to 0-8, giving Russell a coveted 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]

Honours

Ireland

International Rules Series (1)
- 2001 (sub)

Munster

Railway Cup
- runner-up 2007

Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (5)
- 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007; runner-up 2002, 2005, 2008
Munster Senior Football Championship (8)
- 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; runner-up 1999, 2006, 2008
National Football League (Division 1) (4)
- 1996-97, 2004, 2006, 2009 (sub)
National Football League (Division 2) (1)
- 2002
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (2)
- 1996, 1998
Munster Under-21 Football Championship (3)
- 1996 (sub), 1997, 1998 (sub)
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1)
- 1994
Munster Minor Football Championship (1)
- 1994

Intermediate School Killorglin

All-Ireland Senior Colleges' Football Championship (1)
- 1996
Munster Senior Colleges' Football Championship (1)
- 1996

Institute of Technology, Tralee

Sigerson Cup (1)
- 1997-98

Laune Rangers

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1)
- 1996 (sub)
Munster Senior Club Football Championship (1)
- 1995 (sub), 1996
Kerry Senior Football Championship (2)
- 1995 (sub), 1996; runner-up 1997, 2003, 2004
Kerry Under-21 Football Championship (1)
- 1995
Kerry Minor Football Championship (1)
- 1995
Kerry County Football League – Division 1 (4)
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Awards

GAA GPA All Stars Awards (1)
- 2000

References

↑ Mercy Holy Cross School website
↑ "End of an era as Mike Frank retires". The Kerryman. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

Kerry Football 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 M. F. Russell Manager C. Nelligan

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 J. Brennan Ruairi O'Rahilly J. Ferriter Manager P. Ó Sé

v t e Kerry – 1997 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 12 D. O'Dwyer 13 Billy O'Shea 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 M. Fitzgerald Subs J. Crowley M. F. Russell D. Daly Manager P. Ó Sé Selectors J. 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

Kerry – 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (32nd title)

Subs used: M. Fitzgerald; T. Griffin

Subs not used: P. O'Leary; D. O'Dwyer; K. Burns; E. Galvin; M. Lyons; K. Dillon; 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 runners-up

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. Russel 14 D. Ó Cinnéide 15 C. Cooper Subs A. Mac Gearailt T. O'Sullivan B. O'Shea J. Crowley Manager P. Ó Sé

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 M. Ó Sé 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 S. Moynihan M. F. Russell R. O'Connor P. Kelly B. Guiney Injured D. Ó Sé Manager J. O'Connor

v t e Kerry – 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

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 Paul Galvin 13 C. Cooper 14 E. Brosnan 15 D. Ó Cinnéide Subs M. F. Russell Darran O'Sullivan É. Fitzmaurice B. Sheehan Manager J. O'Connor

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 M. F. Russell Darran O'Sullivan E. Brosnan T. Griffin Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (34th title)

Subs used: E. Brosnan for T. Ó Sé; Darran O'Sullivan for S. O'Sullivan; É. Fitzmaurice for T. Griffin; B. Sheehan for M. F. Russell; B. Guiney for A. O'Mahony

Manager: J. O'Connor

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 S. O'Sullivan for P. Galvin Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan T. Griffin for K. Young M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan T. Lyons for P. Reidy Manager P. O'Shea

v t e Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

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 P. Galvin for T. Walsh Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan T. Griffin for S. Scanlon M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan D. Moran for B. Sheehan Manager P. O'Shea

Ireland International Rules Football Squads

2001 Ireland international football team – International Rules Series

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

Persondata
Name	Russell, Mike Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic football player
Date of birth	1977
Place of birth	Killorglin, County Kerry
Date of death
Place of death

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