Playing Career
A native of West Lothian, Kerr was a full back in a playing career which began at Armadale and took him to Motherwell and Alloa Athletic before joining St Bernards in 1937. He captained the Edinburgh side to the Scottish Cup semi-finals in his first season at the Gymnasium, where they eventually lost to fellow Second Division side East Fife in a second replay. He became one of new Dundee United manager Bobby McKay’s first signings during the close season of 1939 and again was made club captain but only four League matches of season 1939-40 were played before the competition was abandoned. Kerr was one of only three players who remained with United after the outbreak of war, and played as his team progressed to the final of the Emergency War Cup (effectively the Scottish Cup, but with relaxed registration rules due to the Second World War). He was, however, unlucky to sustain a shoulder injury in the semi-final which kept him out of the final against Rangers, at Hampden. Kerr briefly played for Rangers after the war before moving towards a coaching career.
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