Roy Parkin

Walter Roy Parkin (18 July 1904 – 18 February 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Roy Parkin
Personal information
Full name Walter Roy Parkin
Date of birth (1904-07-18)18 July 1904
Place of birth Castlemaine, Victoria
Date of death 18 February 1957(1957-02-18) (aged 52)
Place of death Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 Richmond 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Walter Parkin (1859–1937)[2] and Annie Helen Parkin (1863–1939),[3] née Cardwell, Walter Roy Parkin was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 18 July 1904.

Roy Parkin married Jean Casey in Queensland on 30 April 1934.

Football

Parkin was a full-back from Castlemaine who played all his country football in the same team as former Richmond rover Jack Fincher. Parkin's solitary VFL game was in Round 1 1926 against South Melbourne but his performance did not receive good reviews[4] and he did not play another senior game.

Death

Roy Parkin died in Tweed Heads on 18 February 1957.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 28, 244. Victoria, Australia. 27 February 1937. p. 7.
  3. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 29, 033. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1939. p. 4.
  4. "NOTES AND COMMENTS". The Australasian. Vol. CXX, no. 4, 036. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1926. p. 42.
  5. "Roy Parkin". Find a Grave.
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