Former Blackpool Star Dies In Car Crash

Russell Coughlin played for the Tangerines between 1987 and 1990

Published 4th Aug 2016

Former Blackpool and Blackburn player Russell Coughlin has died at the age of 56 after a car crash in Carlisle

He was given CPR at the scene of the accident on Kingstown Road yesterday afternoon but died a shortly afterwards at Cumberland Infirmary.

Blackpool have posted on their twitter page that they are really saddened to have heard the news and their thoughts are with his family