Mike Summerbee is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Raised in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire where he attended Nauton Park Secondary Modern School. Summerbee made his league debut playing for Swindon Town in 1959 at the age of 16. He made more than 200 appearances for the Wiltshire club, scoring 38 goals. In 1965 Manchester City manager Joe Mercer signed Summerbee for a fee of �35,000. In his first Manchester City season Summerbee started every single match, the only Manchester City player to do so that season. Playing on the right wing, Summerbee was one of the most influential players in the Manchester City side which won four trophies in three seasons from 1968?70. Something of a practical joker, Summerbee was also known for a fiery temperament, a trait described by teammate Francis Lee as "retaliating first". Summerbee left Manchester City in June 1975, moving to Burnley, for a �25,000 fee, after making more than 400 appearances for City. Summerbee signed for Blackpool on Christmas Eve 1976. The transfer had been the Blackpool chairman's idea, not that of manager Allan Brown. 

December 15th, 1942 in Preston (Age 81)