Percy Summers

Percy Summers
Personal information
Full name Percy Summers
Date of birth 27 September 1889
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 21 June 1966(1966-06-21) (aged 76)
Place of death Derby, England
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wales
1910–1914 Chesterfield Town 127 (0)
1914–1915 Grimsby Town 34 (0)
1919–1920 Luton Town 32 (0)
Margate
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Summers (27 September 1889 – 21 January 1966) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Grimsby Town. He notably made over 130 Midland League appearances for Chesterfield Town.

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Summers worked as a mechanic in a coal mine near Rhondda. Summers served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. In 1916, he received hand and stomach wounds during the Battle of the Somme and was medically discharged from the army.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield Town 1910–11 Midland League 26 0 4 0 30 0
1911–12 Midland League 35 0 0 0 35 0
1912–13 Midland League 35 0 0 0 3 0
1913–14 Midland League 31 0 3 0 34 0
Total 127 0 7 0 134 0
Grimsby Town 1914–15 Second Division 34 0 1 0 35 0
Luton Town 1919–20 Southern League First Division 32 0 2 0 34 0
Career Total 193 0 10 0 203 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 276. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Player-based information – 1909–1917". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Occupation: Professional Footballer; 1911 England Census
  4. 1 2 "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. pp. 50, 90. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  6. ↑ "Line-ups – 1910–11". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Line-ups – 1911–12". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Line-ups – 1912–13". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Line-ups – 1913–14". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Percy Summers". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 14 December 2020.