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Scottish footballer

Willie Mercer
Personal information
Full name	William Mercer
Date of birth	8 November 1874
Place of birth	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Date of death	9 September 1932(1932-09-09) (aged 57)
Place of death	Fife, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894–1898	Cowdenbeath
1898	Glossop	2	(1)
1898	Hibernian	9	(2)
1901–1902	Cowdenbeath
0000–1905	Glossop	0	(0)
1905–1910	Cowdenbeath	43	(17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Mercer (8 November 1874 – 9 September 1932) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath and Hibernian. He also played in the Football League for Glossop. After his retirement as a player, Mercer served Cowdenbeath as trainer and was secretary of junior club Vulcan Rovers.

Personal life

Mercer worked as a miner and died after coming off his shift at Donibristle Colliery in 1932.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	1898–99	Scottish First Division	9	2	0	0	9	2
Cowdenbeath	1904–05	Northern League	0	0	7	0	7	0
	1905–06	Scottish Second Division	18	7	1	0	19	1
	1907–08		16	9	9	0	25	9
	1908–09		9	1	0	0	9	1
	Total		43	17	10	0	53	17
Career total			52	19	10	0	62	19

Honours

Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

References

^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 9781905891610.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ "Willie Mercer". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
"Hibernian Player William Mercer Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

v t e Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adamson H. Allan R. Allan Archibald Armstrong R. Birrell W. Birrell Bostock G. Brown J. Brown Buchanan Buckley Burns Cairns Callaghan Cowan Curle Devlin Dickson Drummond Dryburgh Edwards Falconer Frame Geddes Gildea Gilfillan Glancy Gomis Grant Hamill Hay Hemmings Henderson Hendren Hughes Jack Jones Jordan Kinnell Laing Lancaster Law Leonard Liddle Lindsay Mackenzie Malone Mbu McArthur McDowell McGarr McGlashan McGregor McLauchlan Menzies Mercer Middleton Mowbray Murphy Murray Paatelainen J. Paterson W. Paterson Philp Ja. Pollock Jo. Pollock Pullar Quinn Rankin Rankine Reid Renfrew Ritchie J. Robertson P. Robertson Ross R. Russell T. Russell Smith Steele G. Stewart W. Stewart Tait Taylor Turnbull Venters Walker Wall Walls Ward Wilson Winter Wright Yardley
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

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