Background
Summers was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1899.
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Summers was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1899.
He attended the now-defunct Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia.
A 1922 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Summers played all three sports in his time as a cadet, as well as track. Summers served as athletic director for Virginia Military Institute and Hampden–Sydney College, as well as the Staunton Military Academy. Following his graduation from the Virginia Military Institute in 1922, Summers coached for one season at the nearby Augusta Military Academy.
He then returned to Staunton Military where he coached the school in three sports for ten years, and went on to become its athletic director
Summers later returned to his alma mater where he served two stints as a Virginia Military Institute head coach in three sports, from 1934 to 1936 and again in the late 1940s. His total head coaching record for the Keydets" basketball team was 12–61.
He was the school"s baseball coach for two years in 1950 and 1951, and also headed the freshman football teams. Summers was appointed as Virginia Military Institute"s Director of Athletics in 1946, succeeding the long-tenured Blandy Clarkson.
He left to head the Randolph–Macon College football team in 1936.
Summers coached three sports at Hampden–Sydney College in the mid-1940s, including a stint as football coach from 1942 to 1946. Additionally, Summers briefly served as the school"s athletic director
He was a member of the Keydets"s 1920 football team known as the "Flying Squadron", the program"s only undefeated and tie-free team He is a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
