Merl F. Code (born September 8, 1948) is a lawyer and former Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player.
Turning professional in 1970, Code played in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes, where he won a Grey Cup championship in his rookie season.
[3] He finished his football career back in the CFL with the Ottawa Rough Riders, playing 5 games and intercepting 2 passes for 21 yards.
He was an Earl Warren Legal Scholar, and became the first African American to serve as president of the Student Bar Association at USC.
In 2001, the South Carolina Department of Education honored Code in its African-American History Month calendar alongside Sanco Rembert, Tom Feelings, Mamie Johnson, Bill Pinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians.