Fred Parker (footballer)

Fred Parker
Personal information
Date of birth	(1893-10-23)23 October 1893^[1]
Place of birth	Seaham, England^[1]
Playing position	Half-back
Youth career
	Seaham Albion
	Seaham Harbour
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1914	Manchester City	0	(0)
1919–1925	Nottingham Forest	157	(6)
1926	Southport	0	(0)
Total		157	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Fred Parker (born 23 October 1893) was an English footballer who played as a half-back for Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, and Southport. He helped Forest to win the Second Division title in 1921–22.

Playing career

Parker played for local non-league sides Seaham Albion and Seaham Harbour, before getting his big break with Manchester City of the Football League in 1914. He featured 18 times in 1916–17 and 1918–19. World War I greatly disrupted his career, seeing him guest for Port Vale, Stoke (playing five games in 1918–19^[2]) and Chesterfield in 1919.^[1]

Sourced from Fred Parker profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	1914–15	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nottingham Forest	1919–20	Second Division	35	1	1	0	36	1
	1920–21	Second Division	32	1	2	0	34	1
	1921–22	Second Division	40	1	3	0	43	1
	1922–23	First Division	28	0	1	0	29	0
	1923–24	First Division	12	3	0	0	12	3
	1924–25	First Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
	1925–26	Second Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		157	6	7	0	164	6
Southport	1926–27	Third Division North	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Total			157	6	7	0	164	6

1 2 3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 225. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
↑ Joyce, Michael: "The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939 " (ISBN 1899468676)

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