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'''Frederick Parker''' (18 June 1886 – 5 January 1963), also known as '''Spider Parker''' or '''Bassie Parker''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theterras.com/index.php/weymouth-football-club-archive/player-archive/|title=Player Archive|work=THE TERRAS|accessdate=24 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> was an English professional [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]] who played in the [[The Football League|Football League]] for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]].<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last=Joyce|first=Michael|publisher=Tony Brown|year=2012|isbn=190589161X|location=Nottingham|page=224}}</ref> He was the first person to enlist in the [[Football Battalion]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="Riddoch" />
'''Frederick Parker''' (18 June 1886 – 5 January 1963), also known as '''Spider Parker''' or '''Bassie Parker''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theterras.com/index.php/weymouth-football-club-archive/player-archive/|title=Player Archive|work=THE TERRAS|access-date=24 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> was an English professional [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]] who played in the [[The Football League|Football League]] for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]].<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last=Joyce|first=Michael|publisher=Tony Brown|year=2012|isbn=978-1905891610|location=Nottingham|page=224}}</ref> He was the first person to enlist in the [[Football Battalion]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="Riddoch" />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Parker was married with five children.<ref name="leytonorient">{{Cite web |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2018/november/part-4-orient-wwi/ |title=OUR HER-O'S: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes |website=www.leytonorient.com |language=en-gb |access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> He served as a [[colour sergeant]] with the [[Football Battalion|17th (Service) Battalion]] of the [[Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="FATFWW" /> As [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]], he was the first person to enlist in the newly formed battalion in December 1914.<ref name="FATFWW">{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/fred-parker-clapton-orient/|title=Frederick William Parker {{!}} Service Record {{!}} Football and the First World War|website=Football and the First World War|language=en-US|accessdate=16 June 2017}}</ref> Parker suffered with [[trench foot]] in 1917 and was lightly wounded in April 1918.<ref name="leytonorient" /> After his retirement from football, Parker worked as a [[Porter (railroad)|porter]] at [[London King's Cross railway station]].<ref name="Riddoch">{{Cite book|title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War|last=Riddoch|first=Andrew|last2=Kemp|first2=David|publisher=Haynes Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-0857330772|location=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset|pages=265}}</ref>
Parker was married with five children.<ref name="leytonorient">{{Cite web |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2018/november/part-4-orient-wwi/ |title=OUR HER-O'S: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes |website=www.leytonorient.com |language=en-gb |access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> He served as a [[colour sergeant]] with the [[Football Battalion|17th (Service) Battalion]] of the [[Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="FATFWW" /> As [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]], he was the first person to enlist in the newly formed battalion in December 1914.<ref name="FATFWW">{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/fred-parker-clapton-orient/|title=Frederick William Parker {{!}} Service Record {{!}} Football and the First World War|website=Football and the First World War|language=en-US|access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref> Parker suffered with [[trench foot]] in 1917 and was lightly wounded in April 1918.<ref name="leytonorient" /> After his retirement from football, Parker worked as a [[Porter (railroad)|porter]] at [[London King's Cross railway station]].<ref name="Riddoch">{{Cite book|title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War|last1=Riddoch|first1=Andrew|last2=Kemp|first2=David|publisher=Haynes Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-0857330772|location=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset|pages=265}}</ref>


== Career statistics ==
== Career statistics ==
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Revision as of 03:28, 4 April 2021

Fred Parker
Personal information
Full name Frederick William Parker[1]
Date of birth 18 June 1886
Place of birth Weymouth, England
Date of death 5 January 1963(1963-01-05) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death Barnet, England[2]
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
Managerial career
Folkestone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Parker (18 June 1886 – 5 January 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.[4] He was the first person to enlist in the Football Battalion during the First World War.[5]

Personal life

Parker was married with five children.[2] He served as a colour sergeant with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (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
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

  1. ^ a b c "Frederick William Parker | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "OUR HER-O'S: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 224. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.