Robert Messer

Robert Messer
Personal information
Full name Robert Messer[1]
Date of birth 18 July 1887
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 16 October 1918(1918-10-16) (aged 31)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Broxburn Shamrock
King's Park
Bo'ness
1910 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
Broxburn Shamrock
Broxburn United
East Fife
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Robert Messer (18 July 1887 – 16 October 1918) was a Scottish professional football outside right who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.[3]

Personal life

Messer served as a private in the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Courtai on 18 August 1918.[4] He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1910–11[5] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ↑ City, Leicester. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 18". www.lcfc.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Leicester City 1910–11 season | Stats galore for LCFC! – FoxesHistory". Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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