David Mercer (footballer)

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. He also played league football for Hull City and Torquay United and won two caps for England.

David Mercer
Personal information
Full name David William Mercer[1]
Date of birth (1893-03-20)20 March 1893
Place of birth St Helens, England
Date of death 1 June 1950(1950-06-01) (aged 57)[2]
Place of death Newton Abbot, England
Playing position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Prescot Athletic
0000–1913 Skelmersdale United
1913–1920 Hull City 91 (26)
1920–1928 Sheffield United 223 (22)
1928–???? Prescot Cables
????–1929 Shirebrook
1929–1930 Torquay United 28 (0)
Dartmouth United
National team
1922–1923 England 2 (1)
1924 Football League XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

After beginning his career in non-league football with Prescot Athletic and Skelmersdale United,[3] 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][4] Aside from a spell with Torquay United during the 1929–30 season, Mercer played 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][5]

Personal life

Mercer was the older 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][6][7] In 1911, Mercer was working in a coal mine and in 1939 was he working as a golf club groundsman.[2]

Honours

Sheffield United

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hull City 1913–14[8] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1914–15[9] 38 4 5 0 43 4
1919–20[8] 41 17 1 0 42 17
1920–21[8] 10 5 0 0 10 5
Total 91 26 6 0 97 26
Torquay United 1929–30[10] Third Division South 28 0 1 0 29 0
Career total 119 26 7 0 126 26

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 201. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "England Players – David Mercer". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. "Mercer David Sheffield United 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "1925 FA Cup Final Result". sportingchronicle.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "David Mercer". 11v11.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. "Players A to Z (L-M)". www.wiganborough.bernardramsdale.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. "David Mercer (footballer, born 1918)". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. "TigerBase – Player Profile". tigerbase.hullcity.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. "Hull City AFC Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. Edwards, Leigh (1997). The Definitive Torquay United F.C.. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.


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