Leo Merrett

Leo Frederick Merrett (5 April 1920 – 18 October 1976) 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.

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.

In January, 1947, it was announced that Richmond Football Club refused Merrett a clearance to coach the Border United Football Club.