Mervyn "Merv" John Hicks (born 1943) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played rugby union club football in Wales for the Cross Keys RFC, rugby league club football in Britain for Doncaster (Heritage № 179), Warrington (Heritage № 623), St Helens (Heritage № 818), Hull FC, Leeds and Bradford Northern, and in Australia for the Canterbury Bulldogs and the North Sydney Bears (Heritage № 673). Hicks was also selected to play representative football for Great Britain, and Lancashire.