Leland Gilbert Merrill, Jr. (October 4, 1920 – July 28, 2009) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, for the United States.

He was born in Danville, Illinois and grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

[1] Merrill was West Virginia's first Olympic medal winner and the state's first Olympian.

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