Russell Ebert
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Date: 2022-01-20

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Russell Frank Ebert OAM （22 June 1949 – 5 November 2021） was an Australian rules footballer and coach.
He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of Australian rules football in South Australia.
Ebert is the only player to have won four Magarey Medals which are awarded to the best and fairest player in the South Australian National Football League （SANFL）.
Ebert is one of four Australian rules footballers to have a statue at Adelaide Oval, the others being Ken Farmer, Malcolm Blight and Barrie Robran.
Football historian John Devaney described Ebert as coming "as close as any player in history to exhibiting complete mastery over all the essential
skills of the game." The fourth of six children of Doreen and Albert Ebert, Russell was born in the South Australian river town of Berri.
Russell's father Albert was a footballer with the Alawoona Football Club and captain coached the team to a premiership in 1953.
Russell's family moved to Loxton during his high school years and the town was home to his junior football club, the Loxton Football Club where he played with his brothers.
During his time at the Waikerie Football Club, Ebert played alongside Bruce Light, who eventually played for Port Adelaide with him.
In 1968 Eric Freeman, Port Adelaide's full-forward, was selected to play for the Australian cricket team for the upcoming Ashes series.
The absence of Freeman provided Ebert the opportunity, as an 18-year-old, to claim the full-forward position in the team.
Ebert made his debut in the fi...