Dick Parker
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Parker[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, England | ||
Date of death | 1 January 1969[2] | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Stockton-on-Tees, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1914 | Norton | ||
1914 | Thornaby Corinthians | ||
1914 | South Bank | ||
1914 | Stockton | ||
1919–1920 | Sunderland | 6 | (2) |
1920 | Coventry City | 26 | (11) |
1920–1921 | South Shields | 9 | (5) |
1921–1922 | Wallsend | ||
1922–1924 | Queens Park Rangers | 61 | (30) |
1924–1927 | Millwall | 88 | (62) |
1927–1928 | Watford | 13 | (2) |
1928–1929 | Merthyr Town | 0 | (0) |
Tunbridge Wells Rangers | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Richard Parker (14 September 1894 – 1 January 1969) was an English professional footballer who made over 200 appearances as a centre forward in the Football League.[1][3] He is best remembered for his three-year spell with Millwall, for whom he scored 62 goals in 88 league matches.[1]
Personal life[]
Parked attended Tilery School in Stockton-on-Tees.[2] He served in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sunderland | 1919–20[4] | First Division | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Coventry City | 1919–20[5] | Second Division | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
1920–21[5] | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
Total | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1922–23[6] | Third Division South | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 |
1923–24[7] | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 14 | ||
Total | 61 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 34 | ||
Millwall | 1924–25[8] | Third Division South | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 |
1925–26[9] | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | ||
1926–27[10] | 40 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 38 | ||
1927–28[11] | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | |||
Total | 88 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 98 | 66 | ||
Watford | 1927–28[2] | Third Division South | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Career total | 194 | 107 | 16 | 9 | 210 | 116 |
References[]
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 224. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d "Players – O'Brien to Patching" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Parker Dick Millwall 1924". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Dick Parker". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Richard Parker". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1922–23". QPRnet. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1923–24". QPRnet. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Millwall Season 24/25 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Millwall Season 25/26 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Millwall Season 26/27 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Millwall Season 27/28 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1969 deaths
- Sportspeople from Stockton-on-Tees
- Footballers from County Durham
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- South Bank F.C. players
- Stockton F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- South Shields F.C. (1889) players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Military personnel from County Durham
- Merthyr Town F.C. players
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Northern Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Royal Northumberland Fusiliers soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs