Paul Russell (Gaelic footballer)

Paul Russell, born on 2 July 1906 and died in June 1965, was an Irish sportsperson who played Gaelic football with his local club Dr Crokes and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1924 until 1933. In a senior career lasting a decade he won every honour in the game at senior level. He was the youngest player to win an All-Ireland medal, at only seventeen in 1924, and went on to add five more All-Ireland titles. He also won seven Munster medals, three National Football League medals and three Railway Cup medals with Munster, and played for Ireland in the Tailteann Games in 1928 and 1932. After playing he trained the Meath and Waterford senior football teams and in the 1960s became a respected sports journalist.