George Merchant
Scottish footballer
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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]
Date of birth
13 May 1926
Place of birth
Dundee, Scotland
Date of death
16 August 2015 (aged 89)
Place of death
Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 May 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 2015 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
On 16 August 2015, Merchant died in a nursing home in Carnoustie.[5]
