‘It all came as a shock to the 53-year-old, who was nominated by an unknown person and then asked to take a call by his ticket rep where he thought they would go over details about a tour of the team’s new stadium. “Then all of a sudden I’m in a Zoom call or Teams call and (former Bills kicker) Steve Christie and a couple of other representatives were there and they said, ‘Hey, we just want you to know that you’ve been elected as International Fan of the Year,’” Russell recalled.’