Wallace Mercer
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Wallace Mercer (June 4, 1946 - January 17, 2006) was chairman of Heart of Midlothian F.C. from 1981 to 1994. He is remembered mainly for resurrecting Heart of Midlothian, and taking them within 10 minutes of the league title in 1986.
Mr Mercer was a visionary, way ahead of his time. He saw the financial power being wielded by the the Glasgow teams, and realised the only way to combat it was with a single Edinburgh team.
Understandably, the Hibs fans never accepted this idea, and forced Mr Mercer to abandon his plans.
He died of cancer in early 2006. Tragically, an element of the Hibs support has never forgiven Mr Mercer, and sing songs taunting his death to this day.
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