#716 Russell Blew

Bomber number 716, Russell Blew, was a star wingman during the 1960s, a decade that saw Essendon play off in three Grand Finals. He was a key player in the 1962 & 1965 premiership victories, and he narrowly missed a third flag in 1968 when the Bombers fell three points short of Carlton in the Grand Final. 

Blew finished runner-up to Ken Fraser in the 1964 Crichton Medal count, a year when he represented Victoria in State footy. A former captain of the under-19s, Blew was entering his prime years by the mid-1960s, but a knee injury in round five, 1966, saw him miss most of the next two years, before he recovered to play every game in 1968. Then, at just 26, he accepted an offer to captain-coach VFA club, Waverley, in 1969, departing Windy Hill after 125 games (1960-68). 

In 2002, Blew was selected at number 56 in the top 60 'Champions of Essendon'.

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