Alex Mercer

Alex Mercer
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Robertson Mercer
Date of birth	29 January 1892
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Date of death	16 July 1916 (aged 24)
Place of death	Albert, Somme, France
Position	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team
1915	Queen's Park
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Robertson Mercer was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a right half in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

Personal life

Mercer served as a lance corporal in the Lovat Scouts during the First World War. He was killed during the battle of the Somme on the 15th of July 1916.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1915–16	Scottish First Division	7	0	1	0	8	0
Career total			7	0	1	0	8	0

↑ Appearance in Glasgow Cup

References

1 2 3 "Mercer, Alexander Robertson". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 2" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

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[3] Appearance in Glasgow Cup

[QPFC-1] 1 2 3 "Mercer, Alexander Robertson". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[McCrossan-2] McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 2" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2018.