Robert Messer

Robert Messer
Personal information
Full name	Robert Messer
Date of birth	18 July 1887
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	16 October 1918 (aged 31)
Place of death	near Ypres, Belgium
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Broxburn Shamrock
	King's Park
	Bo'ness
1910	Leicester Fosse
	Broxburn Shamrock
	Broxburn United
	East Fife
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Messer (18 July 1887 – 16 October 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse as an outside right.^[1] He was described as "a fine wing player who is very fast and centres well."^[3]

Personal life

As of 1901, Messer was working as a printer's apprentice.^[4] He served as a private in the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the First World War and was killed in action near Ypres during the Battle of Courtrai on 16 October 1918.^[3] Messer is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.^[2] In 2011, Messer's British War Medal and Victory Medal were purchased by Leicester City; they are now exhibited in King Power Stadium's reception area.^[3]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leicester Fosse	1910–11^[6]	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			2	0	0	0	2	0

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hutchinson, John. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 18". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1918–1919" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "TWIH: Fosse Players In WW1". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ "Robert Messer | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 22 November 2017.