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Merv Wickham

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Merv Wickham
Personal information
Full name Mervyn Thomas Loch Wickham
Date of birth (1914-01-31)31 January 1914
Date of death 16 March 1982(1982-03-16) (aged 68)
Original team(s) West Hawthorn
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934 Hawthorn 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mervyn Thomas Loch Wickham (31 January 1914 – 16 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Wickham suffered a serious ankle injury on his debut and did not play another league game.[2] He was cleared to Melbourne in the 1938 pre-season[3] but did not play a game before being allowed to join VFA club Camberwell in June of that year.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 949. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Herald - 01/09/1934 - page 3
  3. ^ Argus - 04/05/1938 - page 22
  4. ^ VFA Project profile
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