Whitey Merritt

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = George Merritt

| halloffame =

| image = Whitey Merritt, Winnipeg Victorias.jpg

| image_size = 160px

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| caption = Whitey Merritt in 1900.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|12|29|mf=y}}[http://losthockey.com/public_player_list.cfm?letter=m&PageNum_qPlayers=64&league_filter=all SIHR – Player List] sihrhockey.org

| birth_place = Goderich, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1916|5|31|1869|12|29}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/merritt_gh.shtml George Henry "Whitey" Merritt] at [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/ Memorable Manitobans]

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| position = Goaltender

| shoots =

| played_for = Winnipeg Victorias

| career_start = 1891

| career_end = 1900

}}

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George Henry "Whitey" Merritt (December 29, 1869 – May 16, 1916) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey goaltender who played for the Winnipeg Victorias of the Manitoba Hockey Association during the last decade of the 19th century.

Whitey Merritt started out with the Winnipeg Victorias in the 1891–92 season as both a goaltender and a skater, but from the 1893–94 season and onwards he played exclusively as a goaltender. Merritt won a Stanley Cup with the Victorias in 1896.[http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25068 Stanley Cup Annual Record 1896 (February)] nhl.com Amongst his teammates were Dan Bain and Jack Armytage.

Merritt was born in Goderich, Ontario in 1869 and died in Winnipeg in 1916.