Background
Russell was born Pierre Angelo Russell on December 13, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Russell was born Pierre Angelo Russell on December 13, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas.
University of Kansas.
He attended Wyandotte High School. Russell played two seasons for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association. Previously, he had been drafted by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire in the thirteenth round of the 1971 National Basketball Association Draft.He played at the collegiate level at the University of Kansas.