Billy Mercer (footballer, born 1888)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Billy Mercer

| fullname = William Henry Mercer

| birth_date = 27 May 1888{{Cite web |title=Cables Greats: Four FA Cup Finalists |url=https://www.prescotcablesafc.com/history/long-reads/cables-greats-four-fa-cup-finalists/ |access-date=15 December 2021 |website=Prescot Cables Football Club |language=en-GB}}

| birth_place = Prescot, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|6|5|1888|5|27|df=y}}{{Cite web |date=14 January 2018 |title=In Memoriam |url=https://huddersfieldtowncollection.wordpress.com/lest-we-forget/ |access-date=21 February 2020 |website=The Huddersfield Town Collection}}

| death_place = Worthing, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10+1/2}}{{Cite news |date=13 August 1923 |title=The lure of promotion. Hull City |page=6 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1908–1909

| clubs1 = Grosvenor

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1909–

| clubs2 = Prescot

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = {{0|0000}}–1914

| clubs3 = Prescot Athletic

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1914–1924

| clubs4 = Hull City

| caps4 = 193

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1924–1928

| clubs5 = Huddersfield Town

| caps5 = 71

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1928–1929

| clubs6 = Blackpool

| caps6 = 19

| goals6 = 0

}}

William Henry Mercer (27 May 1888 – 5 June 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Hull City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=202}}{{Cite web |title=Mercer Billy Hull City 1924 |url=https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/mercer-billy-image-1-hull-1924/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 January 2020 |website=Vintage Footballers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127003640/https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/mercer-billy-image-1-hull-1924/ |archive-date=27 January 2020 }} An all-round sportsman, he notably played for Hull Cricket Club and was a prominent snooker player in Yorkshire.