Robert Mercer (21 September 1889 – 23 April 1926) was a Scottish

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who played for

Leith Athletic Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in the East of Scotland Football League, Conference A. First team matches are played at Peffermill 3G. The present club considers itse ...

, Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic and

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. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 Mercer served in the British armed forces during the

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, but he was a victim of a gas attack and did not fully recover.

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1889 births 1926 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Leith Athletic F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players British Army personnel of World War I Men's association football central defenders Selkirk F.C. players Footballers from Falkirk (council area) Footballers from the Scottish Borders {{Scotland-footy-defender-1880s-stub