Russell Corporation Announces Participation in the 2005 SunTrust Institutional Investor Conference

Russell Corporation Announces Participation in the 2005 SunTrust
Institutional Investor Conference 


ATLANTA, April 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Russell Corporation (NYSE:RML)
announced today that members of its management team will be presenting at
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Annual Institutional Investor Conference.  Robert
Koney, senior vice president and CFO, and Roger Holliday, vice president of
investor relations will provide an overview of the Company's products and
operations.  The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 2:40
p.m. eastern time at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, GA. The webcast of
this presentation can be accessed from the company's investor relations web
page at http://www.russellcorp.com/ or by going to
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh13/rml/.

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  About Russell Corporation


Russell Corporation is a leading branded athletic and sporting goods company
with over a century of success in marketing athletic uniforms, apparel and
equipment for a wide variety of sports, outdoor and fitness activities. The
Company's major brands include Russell Athletic(R), JERZEES(R), Spalding(R) and
Brooks(R).  The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol RML and its web site address is http://www.russellcorp.com/. 

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DATASOURCE: Russell Corporation



CONTACT:  Financial, Roger Holliday, [phone], or Media, Nancy

Young, [phone], both of Russell Corporation



Web site:  http://www.russellcorp.com/ 

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