Arthur Summers

Arthur Summers
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1909
Died19 January 1937 (aged 28)
Hornsey, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Event
breaststroke
ClubPenguin Swimming Club
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  England
British Empire Games
1934 London 3×110 yd medley relay

Arthur C. E. Summers (1909 – 19 January 1934) was a swimmer who competed for England.

Career

Summers specialised in breaststroke and was a member of the Penguin Swimming Club.[1][2]

He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where he competed in the 3×110 medley relay event,[4] winning a bronze medal.[5]

Personal life

He married Lily Chapman in 1930 but was found dead in his bath at his home in Hornsey just seven years later: the death was reported from as natural causes.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Breast-Stroke Title". Leeds Mercury. 22 September 1933. Retrieved 6 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "International Honours". West London Penguin.
  3. ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Arthur Summers, aged 28. former member of the Empire Games team and Southern Counties champion, was found dead yesterday, 20 January". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 1937.