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Harold George Meritt (22 September 1920 – March 2004) was an English semi-professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who made one appearance in the
Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
for
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profes ...
.


Personal life

Meritt served in the
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...
during the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
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English Football League players English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards 1920 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Ormskirk Leyton Orient F.C. players Everton F.C. players Margate F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Southern Football League players Trowbridge Town F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Poole Town F.C. players British Army personnel of World War II Kent Football League (1894–1959) players Footballers from Lancashire {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub