In Sports
- Willie Russell (fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer
- Bill Russell (born 1934), American basketball player
- Bill Russell (baseball) (born 1948), shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball
- Billy Russell (born 1959), footballer
- William Russell (fencer) (1896–1958), American Olympic fencer
- William Russell (cricketer) (1866–1929), Australian-born English cricketer
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)