Leo Merrett

Leo Merrett
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 career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–1949 Richmond 170 (53)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
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

  1. ^ "Leo Merrett – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ Engagements: Etheridge—Merrett, The Argus, (Wednesday, 26 May 1943), p.8.
  3. ^ Good Form Shown by Footballers, The Argus, (Tuesday, 25 April 1944), p.9.
  4. ^ "1946 - Border United select 1947 coach". The Corowa Free Press. 26 November 1946. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. ^ "1947 - Border United Coach". The Corowa Free Press. 10 January 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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