Percy Summers

Percy Summers was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1] He notably made over 130 Midland League appearances for Chesterfield Town.[3]

Percy Summers
Personal information
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)
1914–1915 Grimsby Town 34 (0)
1919–1920 Luton Town 32 (0)
Margate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 in the Football Battalion of the 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
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[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
Luton Town 1919–20[11] Southern League First Division 32 0 2 0 34 0
Career Total 193 0 10 0 203 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 276. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Occupation: Professional Footballer; 1911 England Census
  3. "Player-based information – 1909–1917". Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. "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.


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