Brian Parkinson: Difference between revisions

Brian Parkinson
Personal information
Date of birth	14 January 1951
Place of birth	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1976	Everton
1976–1979	Los Angeles Skyhawks
1977	→ Santa Barbara Condors (loan)
1980	Miami Americans
1980	California Sunshine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 07:09, 7 July 2020

Brian Parkinson is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending five seasons in the American Soccer League.

Parkinson began his career with Everton, where he earned the backup goalkeeper job for a brief spell at the age of 18. In 1976, he moved to the Los Angeles Skyhawks where he had the lowest goals against average (0.78) among American Soccer League goalkeepers for the league champions. His exploits led to him being nicknamed "Superstop." ^[1] He followed that in 1977 when he had the second lowest goals against average among ASL keepers.^[2] In 1980, he spent one season with the Miami Americans.

References

^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1976". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1977". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[1] "The Year in American Soccer - 1976". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[2] "The Year in American Soccer - 1977". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 '''Brian Parkinson''' is an English retired professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], spending five seasons in the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]].
-Parkinson began his career with [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], where he earned the backup goalkeeper job for a brief spell at the age of 18. In 1976, he moved to the [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] where he had the lowest goals against average (0.78) among [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] goalkeepers for the league champions. His exploits led to him being nicknamed "Superstop." <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1976.html#ASL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1976 |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520182556/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1976.html#ASL |archive-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He followed that in 1977 when he had the second lowest goals against average among ASL keepers.<ref>[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html#ASL The Year in American Soccer - 1977]</ref> In 1980, he spent one season with the [[Miami Americans]].
+Parkinson began his career with [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], where he earned the backup goalkeeper job for a brief spell at the age of 18. In 1976, he moved to the [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] where he had the lowest goals against average (0.78) among [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] goalkeepers for the league champions. His exploits led to him being nicknamed "Superstop." <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1976.html#ASL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1976 |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520182556/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1976.html#ASL |archive-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He followed that in 1977 when he had the second lowest goals against average among ASL keepers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html#ASL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1977 |access-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303113101/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html#ASL |archive-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1980, he spent one season with the [[Miami Americans]].
 ==References==