Joe Mercer: so harshly treated elsewhere, but with style at Arsenal

Joe Mercer, OBE  was born 9 August 1914 and died on his birthday 9 August 1990.  He played 247 games for Arsenal in a nine year stretch post war during the Whittaker era. His father played for Tranmere and Nottingham Forest, but he died in 1928 from injuries sustained during a gas attack in the …