Russell Cox

Russell Cox
Personal information
Full name Russell Cox
Born 1952
Playing information
Height 5 ft 8 in.
Weight 14 st 3 lb
Position Hooker/Front row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–76 St George Dragons 62 6 0 0 18
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978 N.S.W. Country Firsts 1 0 0 0 0
Source: Whiticer/Hudson


Russell Cox was an Australian rugby league player from the 1970s.

Career

Russell Cox was graded with the St George Dragons in 1970 from the Renown United junior rugby league club. After playing in the Third Grade grand final in 1971, he was retained as a reserve for the first grade 1971 Grand Final, in which he replaced an injured Grahame Bowen during the second half. Russell Cox was a nuggety Hooker/Front Row forward, who played 62 first grade games with Saints, in which he was also included as a non playing reserve in the 1975 Grand Final. He left Sydney football in 1977 to join Waratah-Mayfield in the Newcastle competition, and from that club he represented N.S.W. Country Firsts in 1978. He is the brother of the former St George Dragons and Newtown Jets player, Barry Cox[1]

References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. (ISBN 1875169571)
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