Percy was an English professional football outside right, who made 265 appearances and scored 85 goals in all competitions for Croydon Common before and during the First World War.
An outside right, he joined Second Division club Barnsley in 1903 and made 25 appearances during the 1903–04 season, scoring four goals. In June 1904, he joined Southern League First Division club New Brompton and remained at Priestfield for two seasons. After a non-playing spell with Southampton, he spent the 1906–07 season back in his native northeast with North Eastern League club West Stanley. He returned to the Southern League to join Second Division club Croydon Common in August 1907 and aside from a spell with Norwich City and a second spell with West Stanley, he would spend the majority of the remainder of his career with the Robins. His professional career with Croydon Common came to an end at the end of the 1914–15 season, by which time he had made 140 appearances and scored 48 goals during three spells at The Nest.
He finished his career with a short spell at Southern League First Division club Merthyr Town during the 1919–20 season under manager and former Croydon Common teammate Harry Hadley.
He was born in Byker and attended Welleck Road School in Newcastle. He was a plumber and engineer by trade and was married with three children. After retiring from football, he worked in a clerical role in the Ministry of Supply. He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in Croydon.
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, which became known as the Football Battalion. Throughout the course of his service, he rose from private to captain and won the Military Cross in 1918.
An outside right, he joined Second Division club Barnsley in 1903 and made 25 appearances during the 1903–04 season, scoring four goals. In June 1904, he joined Southern League First Division club New Brompton and remained at Priestfield for two seasons. After a non-playing spell with Southampton, he spent the 1906–07 season back in his native northeast with North Eastern League club West Stanley. He returned to the Southern League to join Second Division club Croydon Common in August 1907 and aside from a spell with Norwich City and a second spell with West Stanley, he would spend the majority of the remainder of his career with the Robins. His professional career with Croydon Common came to an end at the end of the 1914–15 season, by which time he had made 140 appearances and scored 48 goals during three spells at The Nest.
He finished his career with a short spell at Southern League First Division club Merthyr Town during the 1919–20 season under manager and former Croydon Common teammate Harry Hadley.
He was born in Byker and attended Welleck Road School in Newcastle. He was a plumber and engineer by trade and was married with three children. After retiring from football, he worked in a clerical role in the Ministry of Supply. He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in Croydon.
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, which became known as the Football Battalion. Throughout the course of his service, he rose from private to captain and won the Military Cross in 1918.
Percy was an English professional football outside right, who made 265 appearances and scored 85 goals in all competitions for Croydon Common before and during the First World War.
An outside right, he joined Second Division club Barnsley in 1903 and made 25 appearances during the 1903–04 season, scoring four goals. In June 1904, he joined Southern League First Division club New Brompton and remained at Priestfield for two seasons. After a non-playing spell with Southampton, he spent the 1906–07 season back in his native northeast with North Eastern League club West Stanley. He returned to the Southern League to join Second Division club Croydon Common in August 1907 and aside from a spell with Norwich City and a second spell with West Stanley, he would spend the majority of the remainder of his career with the Robins. His professional career with Croydon Common came to an end at the end of the 1914–15 season, by which time he had made 140 appearances and scored 48 goals during three spells at The Nest.
He finished his career with a short spell at Southern League First Division club Merthyr Town during the 1919–20 season under manager and former Croydon Common teammate Harry Hadley.
He was born in Byker and attended Welleck Road School in Newcastle. He was a plumber and engineer by trade and was married with three children. After retiring from football, he worked in a clerical role in the Ministry of Supply. He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in Croydon.
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, which became known as the Football Battalion. Throughout the course of his service, he rose from private to captain and won the Military Cross in 1918.
An outside right, he joined Second Division club Barnsley in 1903 and made 25 appearances during the 1903–04 season, scoring four goals. In June 1904, he joined Southern League First Division club New Brompton and remained at Priestfield for two seasons. After a non-playing spell with Southampton, he spent the 1906–07 season back in his native northeast with North Eastern League club West Stanley. He returned to the Southern League to join Second Division club Croydon Common in August 1907 and aside from a spell with Norwich City and a second spell with West Stanley, he would spend the majority of the remainder of his career with the Robins. His professional career with Croydon Common came to an end at the end of the 1914–15 season, by which time he had made 140 appearances and scored 48 goals during three spells at The Nest.
He finished his career with a short spell at Southern League First Division club Merthyr Town during the 1919–20 season under manager and former Croydon Common teammate Harry Hadley.
He was born in Byker and attended Welleck Road School in Newcastle. He was a plumber and engineer by trade and was married with three children. After retiring from football, he worked in a clerical role in the Ministry of Supply. He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in Croydon.
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, which became known as the Football Battalion. Throughout the course of his service, he rose from private to captain and won the Military Cross in 1918.
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