Mervyn Stanley Agars was an Australian rules footballer and journalist.
12 Facts About Merv Agars
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Merv Agars played with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League.
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An eight-time state representative, Agars went on to have a significant career in sports journalism and in 2002 was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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In 2018, Merv Agars was posthumously inducted into the SA Media Awards Hall of Fame.
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Towards the end of World War II, Merv Agars served in the Air Force Reserve.
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Merv Agars, a follower, began playing for West Adelaide in 1946 and in his second year of senior football was a member of their 1947 premiership team.
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Merv Agars played cricket for East Torrens and scored a century on his A-Grade debut in 1947.
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Merv Agars topped the goalkicking at West Adelaide in 1951, his penultimate season.
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Merv Agars later became sports editor, a position he held for close to 20 years, the longest serving in the newspaper's history.
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Merv Agars is the author of the book West Adelaide Football Club, Bloods, Sweat and Tears, a history of the club which was published in 1987.
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Merv Agars' son, Graeme, is a noted golf and tennis commentator.
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Merv Agars retired and resided in the Barossa Valley until his death in 2017.