An outstanding player with Chapman Valley, in the Great Northern Football League, Merv Carrott already had three senior premierships under his belt before making his WANFL debut with East Fremantle in 1975, as a member of the Chapman Valley hat trick of flags in 1972, 3, and 4.  At the age of nineteen he coached the Chapman Valley colts team to a premiership, and when he was twenty played in three grand finals in the one season. Working at Exmouth and playing for both Exmouth and Chapman Valley, he lined up with the Valley when they drew the 1973 grand final, stayed in Geraldton for the successful replay, then returned to Exmouth for their grand final on the Tuesday night. Invited to East Fremantle in 1975, Carrott played in the reserves side for the first fifteen games of the season, quickly making a name for himself as a player who could fill most roles on the field, an attribute that led to him spending his first few stints with the league team on the bench, as a fixit man. The following year he became a permanent starter in the first eighteen, until injury saw him on the sidelines. Carrott looked set to make his mark in 1977, after an impressive pre season, but a heavy clash with West Perth's Geoff Hendricks was a big blow, a broken collarbone putting him out of action for seven weeks. An extremely adaptable player, who, at 183cm and 79 kg and reliable both in the air and at ground level, he was played in a variety of positions, which, although making him a valuable commodity, didn't allow him to settle down in one role long enough to make it his own. Playing on a half back flank in 1978 and 79 saw him at his best, and in a hard fought, in more ways than one, 1979 Derby grand final he was one of the best for East Fremantle in a memorable premiership win.  After eighty five games, at the age of twenty nine, Merv Carrott returned to Geraldton, playing in the Chapman Valley colours again for a year, before spending a season at Rovers. After taking a year off, followed by a stint coaching colts, he returned to the action as captain coach of Mt Hawthorn Amateurs for two seasons, before joining former East Perth and East Fremantle ruckman Ian Thomson at Gidgegannup, where he eventually captain coached for two years, before finally calling it quits at the age of forty one. “I enjoyed coaching, because it taught me that what you believe in you can do,” Merv said. “I realise I didn't put enough into it when I was younger.” He regarded West Perth's Brian Adamson as hardest to beat, while having no hesitation in plumping for Brian Peake and Doug Green as best he'd played with.  Merv is still working as a sales representative for a fencing company, is a member of the Wayfarers Golf Club, who play at many private courses throughout the Metropolitan Area., and follows the Fremantle Dockers.  Merv Carrott was a consistent,reliable, but unobtrusive, player for the East Fremantle Football Club, and was a key member in their 1979 premiership. Not a player who stood out with spectacular highlights, he was the engine room of  the side, and was a favourite with East Fremantle supporters of the seventies.