Percy Summers

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.^[1] He notably made over 130 Midland League appearances for Chesterfield Town.^[2]

Percy Summers

Personal information
Full name	Percy Summers[1]
Date of birth	27 September 1889[2]
Place of birth	Sheffield, England[3]
Date of death	21 June 1966(1966-06-21) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death	Derby, 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
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]	Midland League	35	0	0	0	35	0
	1912–13[8]	Midland League	35	0	0	0	3	0
	1913–14[9]	Midland League	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