Reuben S. Parker

Big Parker
Sewanee Tigers
Position End/Fullback
Class 1913
Career history
College Sewanee (1912–1914)
Personal information
Date of birth (1893-07-18)July 18, 1893
Place of birth El Paso, Texas
Date of death September 10, 1957(1957-09-10) (aged 64)
Place of death El Paso, Texas
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. p. 68.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1916". 24. February 1958.


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