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Percy Summers
Personal information
Full name Percy Summers[1]
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
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.[2]

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Summers worked as a mechanic in a coal mine near Rhondda.[3] Summers served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[4] In 1916, he received hand and stomach wounds during the Battle of the Somme and was medically discharged from the army.[3]

Career statistics

Club Season League League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield Town 1910–11[5] Midland League 26 0 4 0 30 0
1911–12[6] 35 0 0 0 35 0
1912–13[7] 35 0 0 0 3 0
1913–14[8] 31 0 3 0 34 0
Total 127 0 7 0 134 0
Grimsby Town 1914–15[9] Second Division 34 0 1 0 35 0
Career Total 161 0 8 0 169 0

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 276. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1910–11". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1911–12". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1912–13". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1913–14". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017.


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