Russell Merriman

Russell Merriman
Personal information
Full name	Russell Merriman
Date of birth	(1968-04-06) 6 April 1968
Original team(s)	Redan
Height / weight	175 cm / 76 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1991 – 1993	Geelong	25 (31)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.

Russell Merriman (born 6 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s.

Merriman, a rover, came to Geelong from St Kilda's reserves side but played his earliest football at Redan. He kicked 19 goals in his debut season and participated in the 1992 AFL Grand Final, after helping Geelong win the Preliminary Final against Footscray with four goals.

References

Russell Merriman's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

1991 AFL pre-season draft

1. Michael McLean
2. Paul Hawke
3. Matthew Bourke
4. Mark Trewella
5. Sean Simpson
6. Tony Antrobus
7. Matthew Ryan
8. Mark Athorn
9. Justin McGrath
10. Andrew Underwood
11. Jamie Lamb
12. Darren Davies
13. Darren Tarczon
14. Allan McKellar
15. Carl Dilena
16. Dale Fleming
17. Nick Sebo
18. Cory Young
19. Mathew Medew
20. Derek Percival
21. Adrian Menara
22. Saade Ghazi
23. Leigh Capsalis
24. Ian Kidgell
25. Andrew Peck
26. Wayne Peters
27. John Mrakov
28. Russell Merriman
29. Damien Pearce
30. Ben Robertson
31. Scott McDonald
32. Peter Baldwin
33. Anthony Paynter
34. Kevin Dyson
35. Craig McNaughton
36. Darren Williams
37. Stephen Anderson
38. Jon Henry
39. Darren McAsey
40. Jamie Bond
41. David Cloke
42. Stephen Jankowicz
43. Dean Greig
44. Mark Bouw
45. David Ross
46. Anthony Palmer
47. Mark McLeod
48. George Gorozidis
49. Brad Edwards
50. Mathew Strickland
51. Ross Duffy
52. Paul Williams
53. Phil Krakouer
54. Dean Barwick
55. Craig Young
57. Peter Higgins
58. Shane Heard
59. Gerard Healy

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