Russell Ebert

The late Russell Ebert has been elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

I wish he was here to see this but he absolutely deserves it and myself and the children are so thrilled," she said. He was so well brought up and he was a very fine catch." "But Russell is a Legend because he of what he did and gave to our club for the 35 years after he played. For his own experience, a year was spent with North Melbourne in 1979 for a taste of the VFL, despite being past 30, and only opting to fly-in/fly-out on a Thursday for a single weekly training session before Saturday's game. Ebert on game-day always seemed quiet and introverted to outsiders, thinking only of the job ahead. "He wanted no risk and absolute discipline in all his players. Russell Ebert was a footballer of the current day, who just happened to start his career more than 50 years ago. He is lithe, supremely fit and every bit the elite athlete. You knew that possession would hit a Port Adelaide teammate, invariably in a better position, whether it was by hand or foot. "He was caring because he was part of a big family and he always thought of others. In 1971, he banned the drop kick because it was such a high-risk kick but a good drop kick has always been the best kick in the game because it goes so much quicker and lower to a forward, and is nearly impossible to stop. "Handball, and attacking handball, was just coming into the game in SA in the late 1960s, because of the Victorian influence and what Sturt was doing with their handball skills under Jack Oatey, and Russell worked on his handball so much that he was just the best at it within a few years.

Skilled and tough centreman Russell Ebert has become the 32nd Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Taylor played 289 games for the Redlegs in the 1978s and 1980s, split by 94 games for Collingwood, and he is a Norwood Hall Of Fame Legend. Late Tasmanian great Terry Cashion was inducted for a career that featured the 1950 Tassie Medal at the national carnival and being named rover in the Tasmania team of the century. Harvey and Pavlich were inducted in their first year of eligibility, five years after their retirements at the end of the 2016 season. He is the only player to win four Magarey Medals, the SANFL's equivalent of the Brownlow. The skilled and tough centreman played a club-record 392 games for Port Adelaide from 1968 to 1978 and then 1980 to 1985, split by 21 games for North Melbourne in 1979 when he tried his hand at the then-VFL. - He had been the only player to win four Magarey Medals, the SANFL's equivalent of the Brownlow

Eight months after his death, SA football icon Russell Ebert has been made an AFL Hall Of Fame Legend. Indigenous greats Nicky Winmar and Bill Dempsey, ...

Taylor played 289 games for the Redlegs in the 1978s and '80s, split by 94 games for Collingwood, and he is a Norwood Hall Of Fame Legend. Dempsey played 343 games for West Perth between 1960-76 - the second-most in WAFL history. A newspaper photo marked the gesture and it is considered a landmark moment in Australian sporting history. Winmar played 251 AFL games for St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs, but is best remembered for an iconic moment in 1993 when he defiantly raised his Saints jumper and pointed to his chest. The skilled and tough centreman played a club-record 392 games for Port Adelaide from 1968-78 and then 1980-85, split by 21 games for North Melbourne in 1979 when he tried his hand at the then-VFL. Indigenous greats Nicky Winmar and Bill Dempsey, AFL games record holder Brent Harvey and Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich headlined the eight 2022 Hall Of Fame inductees.

SA Football Commission Chairman Rob Kerin congratulated the late Russell Ebert, his family and the Port Adelaide Football Club on his elevation to ultimate ...

An inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002, Taylor is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to represent the Norwood Football Club, across 289 SANFL games. Featuring in 392 games for the Magpies, Ebert played in three premierships, won six best-and-fairests and was an inaugural inductee into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002. It is a fitting tribute to Port Adelaide champion Ebert, who was also elevated to Legend status in the South Australian Sport Hall of Fame in October last year.

AFL: South Australian football great Russell Ebert has been posthumously elevated to legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.