Merv S Agars
Inducted :2002
Era : 1961 - 1990
PLAYING RECORD:
• 107 matches with West Adelaide (1946-1952) and represented South Australia eight times.
• Player life member of West Adelaide
MEDIA BACKGROUND:
• On retiring from league football Merv joined The Advertiser sporting department, writing primarily football and cricket.
• Sports Editor at The Advertiser for 19 years.
• He is the longest serving sports editor in the newspaper’s history.
• Wrote the history of the West Adelaide Football Club, Bloods, Sweat and Tears, in 1987.
• The Advertiser named its best AFL player (Crows or Power) award the ‘Merv Agars Medal’.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Played or covered as a writer league football in SA for 40 consecutive years.
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