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Gil Merrick

1922 - 2010

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Gilbert Harold Merrick (26 January 1922 – 3 February 2010) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2024). Gil Merrick is the 7,268th most popular soccer player (down from 5,081st in 2024), the 6,174th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,006th in 2019) and the 416th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gil Merrick ranks 7,268 out of 21,273. Before him are Dimitar Ivankov, Vanja Milinković-Savić, Zoltan Sabo, Marco Cornez, André Paus, and Kazuaki Koezuka. After him are Altin Lala, Renan Lodi, Mason Mount, Haruki Fukushima, Abdelkader Ghezzal, and Luciano Favero.

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Among people born in 1922, Gil Merrick ranks 446. Before him are Norman Lear, Arthur Wightman, Bernard Bailyn, Frank Spellman, Ken Hughes, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. After him are Andy Phillip, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Meadows, Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Graham Whitehead, and Eugenie Clark. Among people deceased in 2010, Gil Merrick ranks 460. Before him are Ravindra Kelekar, John Dankworth, Jimmy Dean, Kate McGarrigle, Anna Samokhina, and Nodar Kumaritashvili. After him are Frank Fenner, Jacinto Villalba, William B. Saxbe, Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Jim Fuchs, and Walter Frederick Morrison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gil Merrick ranks 6,176 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), Alexander Keith Johnston (1804), Evelyn Glennie (1965), Jann Mardenborough (1991), John Rae (1813), and Jonny Buckland (1977). After him are John Lundvik (1983), Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802), Billy Fury (1940), Daniel Kaluuya (1989), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), and Mason Mount (1999).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Gil Merrick ranks 416. Before him are Ronnie Allen (1929), Nathaniel Phillips (1997), Brian Labone (1940), Gary Bailey (1958), Stuart Williams (1930), and Eddie Hapgood (1908). After him are Mason Mount (1999), Mark Hateley (1961), Laurie Hughes (1924), David Martin (1986), Dennis Wilshaw (1926), and Terry Medwin (1932).

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