Russell Jessop

Russell Jessop (25 September 1957 – 16 May 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Russell Jessop
Personal information
Full name	Russell Jessop
Date of birth	(1957-09-25)25 September 1957
Date of death	16 May 2018(2018-05-16) (aged 60)
Original team(s)	Thornbury[1]
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1976–1977	Collingwood	5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jessop got his first chance to play for Collingwood when the club made five changes to their team to take on Footscray in round 20 of the 1976 VFL season, having fallen to the bottom of the ladders after their loss to Fitzroy.^[2] Used as a wingman or flanker, he appeared in the remaining two fixtures that year and another two in 1977.^[3]

He later had success at Lalor as a forward and topped the Diamond Valley Football League goal-kicking in 1984 with 103 goals. Jessop died in May 2018.