Merv Denton

Mervyn John Denton (1919-1980) was an Australian rugby league winger in the NSWRFL.

Merv Denton played for the Canterbury Bulldogs in 1940 and 1945 & the Balmain Tigers in 1943 as club captain. Denton was a member of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs team that lost the 1940 Premiership Final to Eastern Suburbs.

He also represented New South Wales on 12 occasions between 1939 and 1943.

He also moved to Young, New South Wales as captain-coach and represented NSW Country Firsts 1941-42 and 1944 while playing there.

He died at Villawood, New South Wales on 23 June 1980, aged 60.