[2] In January 1935 George joined Football League First Division side Preston North End for £650.
During this spell he also spent several years during the Second World War guesting for Portsmouth, where he made 149 competitive appearances while working at a nearby aircraft factory.
[4] He joined Football League Division Three North side Chester in May 1946 for £600,[5] where again he struggled to earn a regular first-team place, and he moved to Barrow.
Summerbee then joined non-league side Cheltenham Town as player-manager in 1950,[6] but he left in 1952 after his contract was not renewed.
[7] Three years after leaving Cheltenham, Summerbee died from Addison's disease in Cirencester, after a spell scouting for Bristol City.