Percy Summers
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Percy Summers[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Wales | |||
1910–1914 | Chesterfield Town | 127 | (0) |
1914 | Grimsby Town | 34 | (0) |
Luton Town | |||
Margate | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Percy Summers was an English professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1] He notably made over 130 Midland League appearances for Chesterfield Town.[3]
Personal life
Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Summers worked as a mechanic in a coal mine near Rhondda.[4] Summers served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[5] In 1916, he received hand and stomach wounds during the Battle of the Somme and was medically discharged from the army.[4]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Chesterfield Town | 1910–11[6] | Midland League | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
1911–12[7] | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
1912–13[8] | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
1913–14[9] | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
Total | 127 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 134 | 0 | ||
Grimsby Town | 1914–15[10] | Second Division | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Career Total | 161 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 169 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 276. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ Occupation: Professional Footballer; 1911 England Census
- ^ "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1910–11". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1911–12". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1912–13". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1913–14". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
Categories:
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- 1889 births
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- Midland Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- English miners
- Reading F.C. wartime guest players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. wartime guest players
- Footballers from Sheffield
- English football goalkeeper stubs