Derek Parker (footballer)

Derek Parker[lower-alpha 1] (23 June 1926 – 8 April 2011) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for West Ham United and Colchester United. He played as an inside-forward, but later switched to half-back.

Derek Parker
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-06-23)23 June 1926
Place of birth Wivenhoe, Essex, England
Date of death 8 April 2011(2011-04-08) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Colchester, Essex, England
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1944 Grays Athletic
1944–1957 West Ham United 199 (9)
1957–1961 Colchester United 130 (1)
1961–1969 Stowmarket Town
Managerial career
1960–1969 Stowmarket Town
1969–? Coggeshall Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:45, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Parker joined West Ham United from Grays Athletic in October 1944. He made a total of 199 League appearances for the east London club between 1946 and 1957. He also made eight FA Cup appearances, and over 200 Football Combination appearances with the reserve team.[3]

In 1951, Parker was part of the FA XI squad that travelled to Australia.[3][4]

He was signed by Colchester United, then managed by Benny Fenton (brother of Hammers manager Ted) on 15 March 1957.[5] He went on to make 130 League appearances for the club,[2] and became club captain,[6] leaving in March 1961.[7]

Parker thereafter joined Stowmarket Town as player-manager and switched to full-back. The appointment coincided with the club's return to amateur status. He remained at the club until 1969, when he left for Coggeshall Town.[8] He led that club to a Border League and Cup double in 1969–70, and the Essex Intermediate Cup in 1970–71 (beating Great Wakering Rovers in the Final).[9][10]

Parker died in April 2011.[2]

Notes
  1. According to West Ham United, his birth name was Derrick Parker, whereas Barry Hugman's Footballers give a full name of Derek Sevastapool Parker.[1][2]

References
  1. "Derek Parker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. "Derrick Parker remembered". West Ham United F.C. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 159. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  4. Morrison, Neil. "1951 Tour of USA and Australia by the (English) FA". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Kid brother gets player from Ted". Daily Mirror. 16 March 1957. p. 16. Retrieved 22 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Great Recovery". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 October 1960. p. 45. Retrieved 22 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Derek Parker". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  8. "The Reversion to Amateur Status". Stowmarket Town F.C. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. "Club History". Coggeshall Town F.C. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. "Honours". Coggeshall Town F.C. Retrieved 22 October 2018.


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