| 词条 | Merv Agars |
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| name = Merv Agars | image = | fullname = Mervyn Stanley Agars[1] | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|6|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Elliston, South Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|8|1925|6|12|df=y}} | death_place = Nuriootpa, South Australia | originalteam = Prince Alfred College | height = 186 cm[2] | weight = 76 kg[2] | position = Follower[2] | years1 = 1946-1952 | club1 = West Adelaide | games_goals1 = 106 (92) | games_goalstotal = | sooyears1 = 1948-1950s | sooteam1 = South Australia | soogames_goals1 = 8 | soogames_goalstotal = | careerhighlights =
}}Mervyn Stanley Agars (12 June 1925 – 8 August 2017) was an Australian rules footballer and journalist. He played with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). An eight-time state representative, he went on to have a significant career in sports journalism and in 2002 was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[3] BiographyEarly lifeBorn to John and Margaret, on a sheep farm close to Elliston, South Australia, Agars grew up as one of 10 siblings, with seven brothers and two sisters.[4] Aged 13 he began boarding at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide and studied there for three years before returning to the family farm.[4] Towards the end of the war he served in the Air force reserve.[4] CareerAgars, a follower, began playing for West Adelaide in 1946 and in his second year of senior football was a member of their 1947 premiership team. He also played cricket for East Torrens and scored a century on A Grade debut in 1947.[5] In 1948 he joined The Advertiser and worked in the printing office, while he continued to play football, for both West Adelaide and the state.[4] He married his wife Margaret, who is the sister of state cricketer Phil Ridings, in a ceremony at an Anglican church in Adelaide in 1949.[6] He topped the goalkicking at West Adelaide in 1951, his penultimate season. Retired from football, Agars transferred to the editing section of The Advertiser in 1953 and began work as a sports journalist.[4] He later became sports editor, a position he held for close to 20 years, the longest serving in the newspaper's history.[7] During his journalism career he covered four Summer Olympics.[4] He is the author of the book West Adelaide Football Club, Bloods, Sweat and Tears, a history of the club which was published in 1987.[3] The Advertiser annually award the "Merv Agars Medal" for the best player from the AFL's two South Australian clubs.[8]Personal lifeOne of his West Adelaide teammates, Don Taylor, was his brother-in law and a nephew, Leon Lovegrove, played in the club's 1961 premiership team.[8] His son, Graeme Agars, is a noted golf and tennis commentator.[7] Agars retired and resided in the Barossa Valley[4] until his death in 2017. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1033319|title=World War Two Nominal Roll|publisher=Government of Australia|accessdate=16 February 2017}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211327349 |title=Who's Who With South Aussies |newspaper=Call |location=Western Australia |date=11 August 1949 |accessdate=17 February 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://sanfl.com.au/sa-football-hall-of-fame/merv-s-agars/|title=Merv S Agars|publisher=Official website of the SANFL|accessdate=17 February 2017}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|title=Barossa Village Grapevine|url=http://barossavillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/July-2016-Grapevine.pdf|edition=100|date=July 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30505658 |title=Agars's First Century |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=6 January 1947 |accessdate=17 February 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130246016 |title=Today's Social News for Women |newspaper=The News |location=South Australia |date=19 April 1949 |accessdate=17 February 2017 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/4120054/Man-of-mystery-behind-the-much-loved-voice-of-sport|title=Man of mystery behind the much-loved voice of sport|last=Young|first=Eric|date=12 September 2010|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|accessdate=17 February 2017}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.coastalleader.com.au/story/1387132/for-the-love-of-the-game/|title=For the love of the game|last=Lawrie|first=Maddison|date=26 March 2013|work=Coastal Leader|accessdate=17 February 2017}} External links
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