Neil Kerr (13 April 1871 – 2 December 1901) was a Scottish

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who played mainly as an outside right, for clubs including

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and Liverpool. He played for both clubs in their first seasons in the respective top divisions, featuring in every fixture for Rangers plus the championship play-off as they shared the

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title with Dumbarton. He also won the Glasgow Cup with the ''Light Blues'' in 1893. He later re-joined the Govan club after spells with Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and non-league

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, but was only a reserve in his second spell and featured in just four competitive matches, albeit one of these was in the semi-final second replay of the

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, helping Rangers reach the final which they went on to win. At representative level, Kerr took part in a

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trial match in March 1892, and in November of that year was selected for the

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's annual challenge match against Sheffield. He was the sole survivor of a yachting accident on the Firth of Clyde in 1896 in which two other men drowned, but died from gastritis in 1901 at the age of 30.Neil Kerr Passes Away
The Evening Post, 31 December 1901, via Play Up Liverpool

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1871 births Scottish men's footballers Footballers from West Dunbartonshire Liverpool F.C. players 1901 deaths Cowlairs F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards Scottish Football League players English Football League players Deaths from gastritis {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub