| Neil Kerr | |
| Fullname: | Neil Kerr |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Bowling, Scotland |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Bowling, Scotland |
| Height: | 5ft 8in[2] |
| Years1: | 1888–1890 |
| Clubs1: | Bowling |
| Years2: | 1890 |
| Clubs2: | Cowlairs |
| Years3: | 1890–1894 |
| Clubs3: | Rangers |
| Caps3: | 58 |
| Goals3: | 20 |
| Years4: | 1894–1895 |
| Clubs4: | Liverpool |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 1895–1896 |
| Clubs5: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1896 |
| Clubs6: | Clyde |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1896–1897 |
| Clubs7: | Falkirk |
| Years8: | 1897–1898 |
| Clubs8: | Rangers |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
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]
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. He also won the Glasgow Cup with the Light Blues in 1893.[6] He later re-joined the Govan club after spells with Liverpool, Nottingham Forest[7] and non-league Falkirk,[8] but was only a reserve in his second spell and featured in just four competitive matches,[4] [9] albeit one of these was in the semi-final second replay of the 1897–98 Scottish Cup,[10] 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.[11]
He was the sole survivor of a yachting accident on the Firth of Clyde in 1896 in which two other men drowned,[12] but died from gastritis in 1901 at the age of 30.[13]