Erk Russell

Erskine Russell Jr.

• School Auburn University

• Born July 23, 1926 in Birmingham, AL USA
• Died September 8, 2006 in Statesboro, GA USA

Biographical Information

Erk Russell was a college coach.

Russell played baseball, basketball, football and tennis at Auburn. He returned to coach baseball from 1959-1962, also serving as assistant football coach. He coached one future major leaguer, Alan Koch. He later was a long-time football coach, spending 17 years as a Georgia assistant and winning one title and then going 83-22-1 and winning three Division I-AA titles at Georgia Southern.

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