Merv Dihm

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Merv Dihm

| image =

| fullname = Mervyn Dihm

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|9|16|df=y}}

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| originalteam = MHS/South Sydney{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 78 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1955

| years1 = 1955

| club1 = St Kilda

| games_goals1 = 8 (0)

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Mervyn "Merv" Dihm (born 16 September 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

While serving at naval air station {{HMAS|Albatross|air station|6}} as a naval rating in 1953, Dihm was arrested and charged with assault. It was alleged that he assaulted a navy personnel's wife with a block of wood, after breaking into her room. He pleaded guilty and argued that he had been under the influence of benzedrine and couldn't remember the incident. The court found him guilty and he served a short jail sentence.Sydney Morning Herald, [https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=7rhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TrMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7112,6666006& "Benzedrine As Cause Of Assault"], 30 March 1954. P. 4

Dihm played just eight games for St Kilda, all in the 1955 VFL season, but made a name for himself in Queensland football.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Merv_Dihm.html| title=Merv Dihm| publisher=AFL Tables}} He was the joint winner of the 1960 Grogan Medal, while playing with Morningside.