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On this day in football history

1927 Bury went to the top of the First Division for the only time in their history. Unfortunately they were not able to maintain the position and finished the season in 5th place. The following year they were relegated after ending the season in 21st place and they have never managed to return to the top flight.

1937 Tottenham Hotspur transferred George Hunt, their England centre forward, to Arsenal. The following day 68,351 people saw him make his debut at Highbury against Manchester City. Spurs signed him in June 1930 from Chesterfield and he scored 127 League goals for them in 185 games. In March 1938 he moved to Bolton Wanderers and was their top scorer in 1938-39 with 23 goals. Had a couple of seasons with Sheffield Wednesday after the war before returning to Bolton as coach. Career record: 170 goals in 289 matches and 3 England caps.

1938 Preston North End signed inside forward Bobby Beattie, from Kilmarnock. He began with Killie in 1933 and remained with North End until 1954 winning a Cup medal in 1938 and a Scottish cap in 1939. He played in a total of 384 peace-time League games and scored 97 goals.

1960 Johnny Summers scored 5 goals from the wing in Charlton Athletic's 7-4 win over Portsmouth to become the first player in the history of the Football League to perform the feat twice. He had previously done so against Huddersfield Town in December 1957. He died in June 1962 when still on Charlton's books after a long illness. He was 33. During an eleven year career in the League in which he also played for Fulham, Norwich City and Millwall, he scored 173 goals in 338 matches.