Joe Mercer (footballer, born 1889)

Joe Mercer
Personal information
Full name Joseph Powell Mercer[1]
Date of birth (1889-07-21)21 July 1889[2]
Place of birth Higher Bebington, England[2]
Date of death 1927 (aged 36–37)[2]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
1908–1909 Burnell's Ironworks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1910 Ellesmere Port
1910– Nottingham Forest 150 (6)
0000–1921 Ellesmere Port
1921–1922 Tranmere Rovers 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Powell Mercer (21 July 1889 – 1927) was an English professional footballer who made 150 appearances in the Football League for Nottingham Forest as a centre half.[1][3] He was the father of footballer and manager Joe Mercer.[2]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e Royden, Mike. "Joe Mercer and the Football Battalion" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Mercer Joe Nottingham Forest 1914". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.