Sam Y. Parker

Sam Y. Parker
Tennessee Volunteers
Position	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	May 12, 1880
Died:	July 5, 1906 (aged 26); Helenwood, Tennessee
Career history
College	Tennessee (1903–1905)
Career highlights and awards
	All-Southern (1904);

Samuel Epps Young Parker (May 12, 1880 – July 5, 1906) was a college football and baseball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.[1] He was a member of Chi Delta.[2] On the football team he was a fullback. Nash Buckingham selected Parker All-Southern in 1904.[3] Parker was shot by lawyer James E. Fulton on July 5, 1906, as he stepped off a train in Helenwood. Fulton alleged his wife had been having an affair with Parker.[4] Fulton later also died from a gunshot.[5]

References

Register. The University. 1905.
The University of Tennessee Magazine. 1904.
"Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
"Finding Aid for the Sam Y. Parker Collection MS.0830".
The Jackson Sun, Tuesday, July 3, 1917

External links

Sam Y. Parker at Find a Grave

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[1] Register. The University. 1905.

[2] The University of Tennessee Magazine. 1904.

[3] "Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.

[4] "Finding Aid for the Sam Y. Parker Collection MS.0830".

[5] The Jackson Sun, Tuesday, July 3, 1917