John Summers

John Lawrence Summers (8 February 1915 – 12 April 1991) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in the 1930s, including Leicester City, Derby County and Southampton in the Football League before becoming a police officer in Southampton.

Football career Summers was born in the Chorlton area of Manchester and represented both Manchester Schools and Lancashire Schools at football. He retained his place in the side until the end of September before being replaced by the veteran Hugh Adcock; Summers regained his place for five matches in November/December before losing out again to Adcock. With Adcock coming to the end of his career, Leicester signed Welsh international Eugene "Taffy" O'Callaghan in March 1935, and Summers was released at the end of the season. and "formed an encouraging partnership" and, at the end of the season, Summers retired.

Later career Following his retirement from professional football, Summers joined the Southampton Police and served as a police officer until his retirement in 1968. He continued to play football with the Southampton Police team, helping them win the Police Cup in 1948 (shared with Sheffield Police) and 1951. His playing career ended in 1954, but he continued to be involved with the police team, later becoming chairman of the Southampton Police football section until 1990.

He remained in Southampton for the rest of his life, dying there on 12 April 1991, aged 76.