Alec Mercer

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Distinguish|Alex Mercer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Mercer

| image =

| fullname = Alick Mercer{{ENFA}}

| birth_date = 12 September 1891

| birth_place = Tamworth, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1977|1891}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Bury |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=18 August 1913 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

| position = Centre half

| years1 = 1912–1913 | clubs1 = Kettlebrook | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1913–1915 | clubs2 = Bury | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 10

| years3 = 1919–1923 | clubs3 = Coventry City | caps3 = 101| goals3 = 17

| years4 = 1923–1926 | clubs4 = Kidderminster Harriers | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1926 | clubs5 = Tamworth Castle | caps5 = | goals5 =

| totalcaps = 130 | totalgoals = 27

}}

Alec Mercer (12 September 1891 – 1977) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bury and Coventry City.{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Michael|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|year=2004 |publisher=SoccerData|isbn=1-899468-67-6}}

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