Fred Parker (footballer, born 1886)

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]

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]
Playing 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
Teams managed
Folkestone
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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, 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. "Frederick William Parker | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. "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 190589161X.
  5. 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.


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