Vaughan Russell

Joseph Vaughan Russell (13 January 1890 – 1979) was a Scottish amateur football centre forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]

Vaughan Russell
Personal information
Full name Joseph Vaughan Russell[1]
Date of birth 13 January 1890[2]
Place of birth Kinning Park, Scotland
Date of death 1979 (aged 89)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1915 Queen's Park 0 (0)
1919–1920 Queen's Park 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Russell worked as a commercial traveller.[3] He served as a private in the Scottish Horse and as a sergeant in the Royal Engineers during the First World War,[3] which included service in Egypt.[4] Russell later had a successful business career, becoming a director of Charles Tennant & Co and managing the Lochaline optical glass mines during the Second World War.[5]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queen's Park 1919–20[1] Scottish First Division 12 1 0 0 12 1
Career total 12 1 0 0 12 1

References
  1. "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. "1890 RUSSELL, JOSEPH VAUGHAN (Statutory registers Births 644/14 127)". ScotlandsPeople. National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At October 2016 – Appendix 2" (PDF). pp. 11–12. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. Medal card of Russell, Joseph V Corps: Scottish Horse Regiment, The National Archives, Kew
  5. Companies, Tennant Group of (1945). Enterprise: An Account of the Activities and Aims of the Tennant Group of Companies. Adprint.


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