David Mercer (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David William Mercer[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1893 | ||
Place of birth | St Helens, England | ||
Date of death | 1 June 1950 57)[2] | (aged||
Place of death | Newton Abbot, England | ||
Playing position | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Prescot Athletic | |||
Skelmersdale United | |||
1913–1920 | Hull City | 91 | (26) |
1920–1927 | Sheffield United | 223 | (22) |
Prescot Cables | |||
Shirebrook | |||
1929–1930 | Torquay United | 28 | (0) |
Dartmouth United | |||
National team | |||
1922–1923 | England | 2 | (1) |
Football League XI | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
David William Mercer (20 March 1893 – 1 June 1950) was an English professional footballer who made over 220 appearances as an outside right in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1] He also played league football for Hull City and Torquay United and won two caps for England.[1]
Club career
After beginning his career in non-league football with Prescot Athletic and Skelmersdale United, Mercer joined Second Division club Hull City for a £40 fee on 22 January 1914.[2] He made 91 league appearances and scored 26 goals for the club before moving to First Division Sheffield United on 13 December 1920, for a British record transfer fee of £4,500.[2] He made 223 league appearances and scored 22 goals for the Bramall Lane club and won the 1924–25 FA Cup, before leaving in 1927.[2][3] Aside from a spell with Torquay United during the 1929–30 season, Mercer saw out the remainder of his career in non-league football.[1]
International and representative career
Mercer represented the Football League XI and won two caps for England, scoring once, in a 6–1 victory over Belgium on 19 March 1923.[2]
Personal life
Mercer was the brother of fellow footballer Arthur Mercer and the pair briefly played together at Sheffield United.[2] Mercer's other brother Richard was an amateur footballer and his son David also became a professional footballer.[2][4][5] In 1911, Mercer was working in a coal mine and in 1939 was working as a golf club groundsman.[2]
Honours
Sheffield United
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hull City | 1914–15[6] | Second Division | 38 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 4 |
Torquay United | 1929–30[7] | Third Division South | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Career total | 66 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 4 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 201. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "England Players – David Mercer". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- 1 2 "1925 FA Cup Final Result". sportingchronicle.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "Players A to Z (L-M)". www.wiganborough.bernardramsdale.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Barry Hugman's Footballers – David Mercer". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Hull City AFC Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ Edwards, Leigh (1997). The Definitive Torquay United F.C.. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.