Mervyn Gill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mervyn John Gill | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1953 | Bideford | ||
| 1953–1955 | Portsmouth | 6 | (0) |
| 1955 | Woking | ||
| 1955–1956 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
| 1956–1962 | Torquay United | 157 | (0) |
| 1962 | Bath City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mervyn John Gill (born 13 April 1931) is an English retired football goalkeeper who spent most of his playing career with Torquay United.
Gill was born in Exeter, Devon and spent his early years as a footballer (from 1948 to 1953) playing with Bideford in the Western League. During his time with the north Devon club, they gained promotion twice as champions, of Division Three in 1949–50 and of Division Two in 1951–52.
In August 1953, Gill joined Portsmouth of the Football League First Division as an amateur, under-studying Ted Platt. Gill made six league and three F.A. Cup appearances for Portsmouth in the 1953–54 season, but by the end of the season, Northern Ireland international Norman Uprichard had re-established himself as the first choice 'keeper.
In 1954, Gill was enlisted into the Royal Air Force for his National Service, during which time he made occasional appearances for Woking. Gill was based at Thorney Island, near Chichester where he represented the RAF at football.
On being demobbed, he joined Southampton as an amateur in December 1955, becoming new manager Ted Bates' first signing, before signing professional papers in April 1956. He made only one first-team appearance, standing in for Fred Kiernan in the final match of the 1955–56 season, a 3–1 victory at Walsall.
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