Roger Merrett was a member of Essendon's premiership teams in 1984 and 1985.
13 Facts About Roger Merrett
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Roger Merrett moved to the Brisbane Bears in 1988 as captain.
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Roger Merrett became a strong and inspirational captain of the Bears, at first alternating in the ruck with Mark Mickan.
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Roger Merrett retired from his playing career at the end of the 1996 season.
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Roger Merrett played a total of 164 games and kicked a total of 285 goals for Brisbane Bears from 1988 until 1996.
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Roger Merrett played on for many years, earning the nickname Roger the Dodger before his eventual retirement.
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Roger Merrett held coaching ambitions for much of his career, and after his retirement from his playing career at the end of the 1996 season, he was immediately recruited by his senior coach John Northey to fill an assistant coaching role at the Brisbane Lions.
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However, relations between the two men were cool, and half-way through the 1998 season, with the Lions at the bottom of the ladder, Northey was sacked as senior coach and Roger Merrett was appointed caretaker senior coach of Brisbane Lions for the rest of the 1998 season.
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Roger Merrett then led Brisbane Lions to three wins, one draw and seven losses of the remaining eleven games in the 1998 season to still finish in last place on the ladder, which was the sixteenth position for the wooden spoon.
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Roger Merrett has not been closely involved in football since, outside of occasional club functions at Brisbane and Essendon.
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Roger Merrett provides special comments for ABC Radio broadcasts of Brisbane Lions home matches.
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For 2009 AFLQ season, Roger Merrett was part-time assistant coach for AFLQ power house, Southport Sharks.
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On 18 January 2011, Roger Merrett suffered a stroke, thought to be related to a hereditary heart condition.