Jerry Kerr

Jerry Kerr
Personal information
Full name John Kerr
Date of birth (1912-06-01)1 June 1912
Place of birth Armadale, Scotland
Date of death 8 November 1999(1999-11-08) (aged 87)
Place of death Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Armadale Thistle
Motherwell
–1937 Alloa
1937–1939 St Bernard's
1939–1947 Dundee United
Rangers
Berwick Rangers
Managerial career
Peebles Rovers
1953–1954 Berwick Rangers
1955–1959 Alloa
1959–1971 Dundee United
1967 Dallas Tornado
1974–1976 Forfar Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John "Jerry" Kerr (1 June 1912 – 8 November 1999) was a Scottish football player and manager, best known as manager of Dundee United from 1959 to 1971. He is credited with taking the club from third bottom of the Scottish League to being an established side in the Scottish top tier. He became the first manager of a British club to win a competitive game in Spain when United won home and away against F.C. Barcelona in the 1966-67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.