Russell Merriman

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Russell Merriman
Personal information
Full name Russell Merriman
Born (1968-04-06) 6 April 1968 (age 58)
Ballarat
Original team Redan
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1991–1993 Geelong 25 (31)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Russell Merriman (born 6 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s.

Merriman, a rover, came to Geelong from St Kilda's reserves side but played his earliest football at Redan. He kicked 19 goals in his debut season and played in the 1992 AFL Grand Final, after helping Geelong win the Preliminary Final against Footscray with four goals.

He played for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League before returning to Victoria to play and coach Leopold, Camperdown and Torquay Football Clubs.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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