Erskine "Erk" Russell (July 23, 1926 – September 8, 2006) was an American football, basketball, Track and baseball player and coach. He was also the defensive coordinator for the University of Georgia Bulldogs for seventeen years (1964–1981) and head football coach (1981–1989) of the Georgia Southern Eagles. He was also the head coach at Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1950s. He graduated from Auburn University in Alabama where he earned ten varsity letters. He was the last four-sport letterman in the college's history.
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23 July 1926 Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Died |
8 September 2006 (aged 80) Statesboro, Georgia
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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