Fred Parker (footballer, born 1886)

Fred Parker
Personal information
Full name Frederick William Parker[1]
Date of birth 18 June 1886
Place of birth Weymouth, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 76–77)[2]
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Portland Grove
1903– Weymouth
Salisbury City
1907–1922 Clapton Orient 336 (34)
Folkestone
Teams managed
Folkestone (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frederick Parker (18 June 1886 – 1963), also known as Spider Parker or Bassie Parker,[3] was an English professional football forward and manager who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[2] He was the first person to enlist in the Football Battalion during the First World War.[4]

Personal life

Parker served as a colour sergeant with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War and as captain of Clapton Orient, was the first person to enlist in the newly formed battalion in December 1914.[1] After his retirement from football, Parker worked as a porter at London King's Cross railway station.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clapton Orient 1914–15[5] Second Division 37 2 1 0 38 2
Career total 37 2 1 0 38 2

References

  1. 1 2 "Frederick William Parker | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 224. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. ↑ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.


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