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Bob Mercer (footballer)

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Scottish footballer

Bob Mercer
Personal information
Full name Robert Mercer
Date of birth (1889-09-21)21 September 1889
Place of birth Avonbridge, Scotland
Date of death 23 April 1926(1926-04-23) (aged 36)
Place of death Selkirk, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Gala Hailes Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 Selkirk
1908–1909 Leith Athletic 18 (1)
1909–1921 Hearts 242 (23)
1921–1922 Dunfermline Athletic 70 (6)
International career
1912–1913 Scottish League XI 5 (1)
1912–1913 Scotland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Mercer (21 September 1889 – 23 April 1926) was a Scottish footballer who played for Leith Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic and Scotland. Mercer served in the British armed forces during the First World War, but he was a victim of a gas attack and did not fully recover.

References

  1. Purdie, Tom (2014). Hearts: The Supreme Sacrifice to Hearts at War. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445633343.
  2. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 214)
  3. , John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012

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