George Merchant

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = George Merchant

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| birth_date = 13 May 1926

| birth_place = Dundee, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|08|16|1926|05|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland

| position = Forward

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1= Dundee Stobswell

| youthclubs2 = Third Lanark

| youthclubs3 = Aberdeen

| years1 = 1951–1957 | caps1 = 65 | goals1 = 31 | clubs1 = Dundee

| years2 = 1957–1958 | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 18 | clubs2 = Falkirk

| totalcaps = 88

| totalgoals = 49

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George Merchant (13 May 1926 – 16 August 2015){{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/13611686.George_Merchant/ |title=George Merchant |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=19 August 2015 |accessdate=19 August 2015 |first=Stephen |last=Naysmith}}{{cite web |url=http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/george-merchant-1926-2015/ |title=GEORGE MERCHANT: 1926-2015 |work=www.falkirkfc.co.uk |publisher=Falkirk FC |date=17 August 2015 |accessdate=17 August 2015 |archive-date=24 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824170841/http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/george-merchant-1926-2015/ |url-status=dead }} was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/dundee/dundee.html |title=DUNDEE : 1946/47 - 2013/14 |work= |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=17 August 2015}} and Falkirk.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/falkirk/falkirk.html |title=FALKIRK : 1946/47 - 2013/14 |work= |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=17 August 2015}} Merchant scored one of the goals as Falkirk won the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.

After retiring as a football player, he became a football coach at Dunfermline Athletic and set up a printing business.

On 16 August 2015, Merchant died in a nursing home in Carnoustie.{{Cite web|title=Obituary: George Merchant, footballer|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-george-merchant-footballer-2469386|access-date=2021-08-04|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}