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Gil Merrick
English footballer (1922-2010) · United Kingdom · On the map · Footballers · Died at 88
Gilbert Harold Merrick was an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Merrick was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs.
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- Ken Green Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1943-1959
- Gordon Astall Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1953-1960
- Johnny Berry Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1946-1951
- Brian Farmer Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1954-1960
- Jeff Hall Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1950-1959
- Noel Kinsey Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1953-1958
- Jack Badham Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1946-1957
- Johnny Schofield Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1950-1960
Johnny Newman Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1951-1957- Syd Owen Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1945-1947
- Harry Hooper Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1957-1960
Jim McLaughlin Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1958-1960- Mike Hellawell Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1957-1960
- Dick Neal, Jr. Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1957-1960
- Johnny Gordon Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1958-1960
- Keith Bannister Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1950-1954
- Tony Richards Teammate at Birmingham City F.C., 1951-1954
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Merrick spent his entire career at Birmingham City, playing more than 700 times between 1939 and 1960. He made 170 appearances during the Second World War and 485 in the Football League following the end of the war. He won 23 caps for the England national team, and played in the 1954 World Cup. After retirement as a player, he managed the club for four years.
