Champion Branfill Russell

Champion Branfill Russell (April 18608 September 1945) was an English tennis player in the later half of the 19th century. In the most notable tournaments of the time he reached the second round of the 1881 Wimbledon Championships, and in 1883 was a finalist at the Northern Championships. He was active from 1880 to 1888 and he contested 5 career finals won 2 titles.

Career Champion played his first tournament at the Essex County Cricket Club Tournament at Leyton, Essex in 1880.

In the late summer of 1881 he won his second and final title at the Teignmouth Open in Teignmouth defeating Charles John Cole. He was landowner and gentleman farmer by profession. Champion Branfill Russell married Isabel Ellen Bruce and had 6 children. He died on 8 September 1945 in Romford, Essex, England.