Leo Merrett
| Leo Merrett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leo Frederick Merrett | ||
| Born |
5 April 1920 Nhill, Victoria | ||
| Died |
18 October 1976 (aged 56) Prahran, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Serviceton / Nhill/Glen Iris CYMS (CYMSFA) | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940–1949 | Richmond | 170 (53) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leo Frederick Merrett (5 April 1920 – 18 October 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in between 1940 and 1949 for the Richmond Football Club.
Family
[edit | edit source]The son of Frederick Merrett, and Ellen Clarice Merrett, née Buckley, Leo Frederick Merrett was born at Nhill, Victoria, on 5 April 1920.
He married Sheila Nora Etheridge on 22 April 1944.[2][3]
His brother-in-law was the Richmond footballer Dave Baxter.
He is the great-grandfather of Western Bulldogs player Bailey Smith.
Football
[edit | edit source]Merrett was a member of Richmond's 1943 VFL Grand Final victory against Essendon.
In November 1946, Merrett was appointed as the captain / coach of the Border United Football Club.[4]
In January, 1947, it was announced that Richmond Football Club refused Merrett a clearance to coach the Border United Football Club.[5]
Footnotes
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- ^ Engagements: Etheridge—Merrett, The Argus, (Wednesday, 26 May 1943), p.8.
- ^ Good Form Shown by Footballers, The Argus, (Tuesday, 25 April 1944), p.9.
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References
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- Richmond football player Leo Merrett holding a football, collection of the State Library of Victoria.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Leo Merrett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leo Merrett at AustralianFootball.com
- Leo Merrett, at Boyles Football Photos.
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- Richmond Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club premiership players
- Jack Dyer Medal winners
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Nhill Football Club players
- CYMS Football Association players
- 1976 deaths
- 1920 births
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules football biography, 1920s birth stubs