Leo Merrett
Australian rules footballer and coach
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Personal information | ||
Full name | Leo Frederick Merrett | |
Date of birth | ( 1920-04-05 ) 5 April 1920 | |
Place of birth | Nhill , Victoria | |
Date of death | 18 October 1976 (1976-10-18) (aged 56) | |
Place of death | Prahran, Victoria | |
Original team(s) | Serviceton / Nhill | |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |
Playing career 1 | ||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
1940–1949 | Richmond | 170 (53) |
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Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
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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
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
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
- ↑ "Leo Merrett – Player Bio" . Australian Football . Retrieved 6 December 2014 .
- ↑ Engagements: Etheridge—Merrett, The Argus , (Wednesday, 26 May 1943), p.8.
- ↑ Good Form Shown by Footballers, The Argus , (Tuesday, 25 April 1944), p.9.
- ↑ "1946 - Border United select 1947 coach" . The Corowa Free Press . 26 November 1946 . Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ↑ "1947 - Border United Coach" . The Corowa Free Press . 10 January 1947. p. 3 . Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Richmond football player Leo Merrett holding a football , collection of the State Library of Victoria .
External links
- Leo Merrett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Leo Merrett at AustralianFootball.com
- Leo Merrett , at Boyles Football Photos .
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