Fred Parker (footballer, born 1886)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick William Parker[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Weymouth, England | ||
Date of death | 5 January 1963[2] | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Barnet, England[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft (183 cm) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Portland Grove | |||
1903–1905 | Weymouth | ||
1905–1907 | Salisbury City | ||
1907–1922 | Clapton Orient | 336 | (34) |
Folkestone | |||
Teams managed | |||
Folkestone | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Frederick Parker (18 June 1886 – 5 January 1963), also known as Spider Parker or Bassie Parker,[3] was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[4] He was the first person to enlist in the Football Battalion during the First World War.[5] He later served as manager of Folkestone.[2]
Personal life[]
Parker was married with five children.[2] He served as a colour sergeant with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[1] As captain of Clapton Orient, he was the first person to enlist in the newly formed battalion in December 1914.[1] Parker suffered with trench foot in 1917 and was lightly wounded in April 1918.[2] After his retirement from football, Parker worked as a porter at London King's Cross railway station.[5]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Clapton Orient | 1914–15[6] | Second Division | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
Career total | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Frederick William Parker | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Player Archive". The Terras. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 224. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-0857330772.
- ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- 1886 births
- 1963 deaths
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Association football inside forwards
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Folkestone F.C. managers
- Sportspeople from Weymouth
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- English football managers
- Southern Football League players
- Western Football League players
- Weymouth F.C. players
- Association football outside forwards
- Salisbury City F.C. (1905) players
- Folkestone F.C. players
- Southern Football League managers
- Leyton Orient F.C. non-playing staff
- Military personnel from Dorset
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs