Editing Joe Mercer (section)

{{Short description|English footballer and manager (1914–1990)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Mercer<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small>
| fullname = Joseph Mercer
| birth_date = 9 August 1914
| birth_place = [[Ellesmere Port]], [[Cheshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|8|9|1914|8|9|df=y}}
| death_place = England
| position = [[Midfielder#Wing-half|Left half]]
| height = 5 ft 9 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-preview-page-iv/134275291/ |title=Everton. Not stampeded |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=iv |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Ellesmere Port Town F.C.|Ellesmere Port Town]]
| years1 = 1932–1946
| years2 = 1946–1955
| clubs1 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| clubs2 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| caps1 = 186
| goals1 = 2
| caps2 = 247
| goals2 = 2
| totalcaps = 433
| totalgoals = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1938–1939
| nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1955–1958
| manageryears2 = 1958–1964
| manageryears3 = 1965–1971
| manageryears4 = 1972–1974
| manageryears5 = 1974
| managerclubs1 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| managerclubs5 = [[England national football team|England]] (caretaker)
| image = Joe Mercer Memorial outside Manchester City Football Club Stadium, Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 2353113 (cropped2).jpg
| caption = Joe Mercer Memorial outside the [[City of Manchester Stadium]]
}}

'''Joseph Mercer''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (9 August 1914 – 9 August 1990) was an English [[association football|footballer]] and manager. Mercer, who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in his footballing career, also went on to manage [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], and was the caretaker manager of the [[England national football team]].<ref name=Everton /><ref name=Arsenal /><ref name=City /><ref name=Lions />