Question: Facts: - heightweight: 181 cm / 79 kg - clubs: '' ' total '' ' - sooyears: 1980 -- 1985 - years: 1977 -- 1985 1986 -- 1990 - statsend: 1990 season - originalteam: dimboola - death date: 23 august 2012 - pcupdate: 23 august 2012 - birth date: 07 march 1958 - fullname: mervyn neagle - name: merv neagle - death place: tharbogang - careerhighlights: * essendon premiership player 1984 - sooteams: victoria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of merv neagle .
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mervyn neagle -lrb- 7 march 195823 august 2012 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who represented and in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- during the 1970s and 1980s .