Football player Gil Merrick

Gil Merrick

Living place: England

Birthday: 26-1-1922 (102 years old)

Global rank: #93639

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Football player Gil Merrick profile

Who is Football player Gil Merrick?
One of England's best goalkeepers of the 1940s and '50s, he spent more than two decades with Birmingham City.
He helped Birmingham reach the final FA Cup in 1956 and played internationally in 23 games, winning 11 of them.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He signed with Birmingham at age 18 after being scouted in a test game. He was the team's third-choice goalkeeper to start his career.

Family life info

He was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, his father was a sheet metal worker who played for Birmingham semi-professionally.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Football player Gil Merrick?
Jack Bultland later became a star goalkeeper for Birmingham City.

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Summary of Gil Merrick profile

When was Football player Gil Merrick born?
Gil Merrick birthday 26-1-1922 (at the age of 102).
Where is Football player Gil Merrick's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Gil Merrick was born in England. is a Football player, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Gil Merrick's global rank is 93639 and whose rank is 5427 in list of famous Football player.
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Events in 1922 and 26-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Gil Merrick

  • Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.
  • Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of British Empire, officially proclaimed.
  • Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, overthrows last sultan.
  • Reparations Commission fixes German liability at 132 billion gold marks. German inflation begins.

Birthday Gil Merrick (26-1) in history

  • Day 26-1 year 1788: The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.
  • Day 26-1 year 1802: Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.
  • Day 26-1 year 1837: Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.
  • Day 26-1 year 1950: India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.
  • Day 26-1 year 1979: Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.
  • Day 26-1 year 1988: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.
  • Day 26-1 year 1993: Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
  • Day 26-1 year 2001: A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.
  • Day 26-1 year 2004: President Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan.
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