Leo Merrett

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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

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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

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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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  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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