As the head of the California Interscholastic Federation, Russell helped formulate the first athletic code enabling schools to sponsor girls’ teams, with rules adopted statewide in 1967. William “Bill” Russell, a former longtime California Interscholastic Federation commissioner who was instrumental in the rise of girls’ high school sports, died Aug. 9 at his home in Santa Barbara. He had brain …
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