Jack Parkinson
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John 'Jack' Parkinson (born September 1883, died 13 September 1942) was an England international footballer who played for Liverpool as a striker.
[edit] Life and Playing Career
Born in Bootle, Merseyside, England, Parkinson began his career at Anfield rising through the youth ranks and breaking into the first team in 1903. He made his debut on the 3 October in a 2-1 victory over against Small Heath (Birmingham City) at Muntz Street and it took Parkinson just 16 minutes of his debut to open his Liverpool account, in fact the early part of Parkinson's Liverpool days where to prove very rewarding for the player as he found goalscoring an easy task scoring 6 goals in his first 17 games for the club. the 1904/1905 proved to be much the same for Jack as he found the net 21 times in just 23 outings an amazing return for the 22 year old.
Injury hampered Parkinson's career to some extent but he never let the Reds down scoring goals whenever he was fit and was called upon, one of the seasons that best emphasises this point was the championship winning season of 1905/1906, Jack was called upon 9 times and scored 7 goals, unfortunately for Jack not enough appearances to qualify him for a medal.
Parkinson's best season in a red shirt was the 1910/1911 campaign which saw him top the leagues goalscoring list hitting 30 league goals in just 31 matches an amazing achievement even for that era where defences were not as organised as they are in todays modern game. Over the following 3 season's Jack, again, kept up his remarkable goals per game record scoring 43 times over this period.
The 1913/14 season proved to be Parkinson's swan song for the club he'd been with since a boy, he couldn't hold down a regular starting spot and made just 6 appearances his last being a 2-1 defeat at Burden Park against Bolton on St Valentines Day 1914.
Parkinson played 220 times for Liverpool scoring 130 times a goals per game ratio of 1 every 1.7 games a truly prolific strike rate. He moved to Bury in 1914 and retired from the game during World War I becoming a newsagent.
Jack won just two England caps the first of which came on 14 March 1910 at Cardiff Arms Park in a 1-0 win against Wales.
[edit] Career details
As a player:
- Liverpool FC (1903 - 1914): 220 appearances, 130 goals - Football League Second Division winners medal 1905
- England (1910}: 2 appearances
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