For nearly 40 years, Russ Carter was a fixture behind the bench at the Edgewood Little League. He was a manager or coach from 1966 to 2004 and then coached one more year at the Terryville Little League.

His teams won the Edgewood Little League championship four times, and he managed the Bristol City Champions in 1986 and 2002.

He received the Harp Broderick Award for Outstanding Service to the Community at the 2007 Bristol Tramps Reunion Dinner. Edgewood Little League’s Field 2 is named in his honor.

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