Big Parker
Sewanee Tigers
PositionEnd/Fullback
Class1913
Personal information
Born:(1893-07-18)July 18, 1893
El Paso, Texas
Died:September 10, 1957(1957-09-10) (aged 64)
El Paso, Texas
Career history
CollegeSewanee (19121914)
Career highlights and awards

Reuben Samuel "Big" Parker, Jr. (July 18, 1893 September 10, 1957) was an American college football player.

Sewanee

He was a prominent fullback and end for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee: The University of the South,[1] chosen for the second-team all-time Sewanee football team.[2] As a fullback he was touted as "'some' line plunger."[3] Parker was from El Paso, Texas.

1913

Parker was selected All-Southern.[4]

World War I

Parker was a veteran of World War I.[5]

References

  1. "Lindsay and Vowell Tear Up Tiger Defence". University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 68. 1915.
  2. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  3. "Sewanee Forwards Touted As Good As Any in South". Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved May 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "1916". 24. February 1958. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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