George Merchant
Personal information
Date of birth 13 May 1926
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 16 August 2015(2015-08-16) (aged 89)
Place of death Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Dundee Stobswell
Third Lanark
Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1957 Dundee 65 (31)
1957–1958 Falkirk 23 (18)
Total 88 (49)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Merchant (13 May 1926 – 16 August 2015)[1][2] was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee[3] and Falkirk.[4] Merchant scored one of the goals as Falkirk won the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.[2] After retiring as a football player, he became a football coach at Dunfermline Athletic and set up a printing business.[1]

On 16 August 2015, Merchant died in a nursing home in Carnoustie.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Naysmith, Stephen (19 August 2015). "George Merchant". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "GEORGE MERCHANT: 1926-2015". www.falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ "DUNDEE : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. ^ "FALKIRK : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Obituary: George Merchant, footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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