# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-merritt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:21.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-merritt"
name: "Bill Merritt"
slug: "bill-merritt"
description: "William Edward Merritt was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire, and a rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury, Wigan and Halifax."
tagline: "New Zealand cricketer (1908-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Merritt_1936.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1908-08-18"
deathDate: "1977-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.49
  momentum:             1.739130434782609
  historical:           5.735277333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بل میرٹ (کرکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بيل ميريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA)"
    title: "بيل ميريت (لاعب كريكت)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F"
    title: "বিল মেরিট"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Merritt_(cricketer)"
    title: "Bill Merritt (cricketer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F"
    title: "बिल मेरिट"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "బిల్ మెరిట్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump