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I've been informed by a relative that Roy Summersby, passed away on Sunday 7th August after a 16 year battle with Alzheimer's. Roy played for Palace between 1958 and 1963 and scored 60 goals, he is succeeded by his wife Betty and son Mark.

 

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Originally posted by Penge Eagle

I've been informed by a relative that Roy Summersby, passed away on Sunday 7th August after a 16 year battle with Alzheimer's. Roy played for Palace between 1958 and 1963 and scored 60 goals, he is succeeded by his wife Betty and son Mark.

There's been quite a bit of activity on Twitter regarding his demise and my HOL article resurfaced. Was he in Australia do you know?

 


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Photo of Roy sitting next to Terry Long, August 1962.

My older brother has always said Roy was just as important to Palace when we got promoted in 1960/1 as the great Johnny Byrne. They dovetailed together and neither would have been as good without the other alongside.


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Zaha, Williams, Murray, Ambrose, Scannell.

A 5-man forward line who scored 3 goals in 10 minutes on 27th September 2011 at .......................

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Remember him very well. Good player.
RIP

 

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Originally posted by PalacePhotoMan

Photo of Roy sitting next to Terry Long, August 1962.

My older brother has always said Roy was just as important to Palace when we got promoted in 1960/1 as the great Johnny Byrne. They dovetailed together and neither would have been as good without the other alongside.



And your brother was right Roy was a great inside forward and complimented Johnny superbly, they were made for each other and I'm sure he missed JB just as much as we did when he left us for WHU.

 


........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................

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