Neil Kerr (13 April 1871 – 2 December 1901) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside right, for clubs including Rangers and Liverpool.[3][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Kerr | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1871 | ||
| Place of birth | Bowling, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2 December 1901 (aged 30)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bowling, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888–1890 | Bowling | ||
| 1890 | Cowlairs | ||
| 1890–1894 | Rangers | 58 | (20) |
| 1894–1895 | Liverpool | 12 | (3) |
| 1895–1896 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | (0) |
| 1896 | Clyde | 0 | (0) |
| 1896–1897 | Falkirk | ||
| 1897–1898 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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[5] as they shared the 1890–91 Scottish Football League title with Dumbarton.[a] He also won the Glasgow Cup with the Light Blues in 1893.[8] He later re-joined the Govan club after spells with Liverpool, Nottingham Forest[9] and non-league Falkirk,[10] but was only a reserve in his second spell and featured in just four competitive matches,[4][11] albeit one of these was in the semi-final second replay of the 1897–98 Scottish Cup,[12] helping Rangers reach the final which they went on to win.
At representative level, Kerr took part in a Scotland national team trial match in March 1892,[4] and in November of that year was selected for the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield.[13]
He was the sole survivor of a yachting accident on the Firth of Clyde in 1896 in which two other men drowned,[14] but died from gastritis in 1901 at the age of 30.[15]
References
edit- ^ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Neil Kerr, Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Players - Neil Kerr, LFC History
- ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ (Rangers player) Kerr, Neil, FitbaStats
- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ North-Eastern Association v. Dumbartonshire. The Scotsman, 21 April 1890, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Glasgow Cup–Final Tie. The Glasgow Herald, 20 February 1893, scan via The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Neil Kerr transferred to Nottingham Forest, 17 August 1895, Nottinghamshire Guardian, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Neil Kerr leaves Falkirk for Rangers, 11 September 1897, Evening Telegraph, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ (Rangers player) Kerr, ?, FitbaStats
- ^ Scottish Cup. | Third Lanark v. Rangers, The Scotsman, 14 March 1898, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Sheffield v Glasgow, The Glasgow Herald, 14 November 1892
- ^ Neil Kerr in yachting accident on the Clyde, Arbroath Herald, 30 July 1896, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Neil Kerr Passes Away, The Evening Post, 31 December 1901, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Some records also state that he played in the SFL for Dumbarton in that season,[6] but scheduling makes this very unlikely. A player named of that name contracted to Cowlairs is recorded as featuring for a 'Glasgow North-Eastern' regional selection against Dumbartonshire (Neil Kerr's home region) in April 1890;[7] this is possibly the source of confusion.
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