Maurice Mercery

Maurice Mercery (20 April 1902 – 13 November 1991) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for AS Française and the France national team in the early 1920s.

Career Born in the 10th arrondissement of Paris on 20 April 1902, Mercery began playing football in his hometown club AS Française in 1919, aged 17. The following day, the journalists of French newspaper L'Auto (the future L'Équipe) described his performance as "a courageous debut", and added that "he lacked tactics and weakened the line, but is a player to watch".

A few months later, Mercery was one of the French athletes who participated in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, being a member of the second French team that competed in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay.

After retiring from football, Mercery became a hotelier in Valmondois.

Death Meyer died in Pessac on 13 November 1991, at the age of 89.