title: Willie Merritt
text: # Willie Merritt
  
  William Daniel Merritt (January 31, 1872 – March 25, 1961) was an American college football player and attorney.
  
  ## University of North Carolina
  
  Merritt was a prominent end for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina.
  
  ### 1892
  
  Merritt was a substitute on the 1892 team which claims a Southern championship.
  
  ### 1895
  
  He was selected All-Southern in 1895.
  
  