Albert Parker (footballer)

Albert Parker

Personal information
Full name	Albert Edward Parker[1]
Date of birth	(1927-09-13)13 September 1927[1]
Place of birth	Liverpool, England[1]
Date of death	29 October 2005(2005-10-29) (aged 78)
Place of death	Wrexham, Wales[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	South Liverpool
1948–1951	Crewe Alexandra	113	(0)
1951–1959	Wrexham	216	(1)
	Holywell Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Parker (13 September 1927 – 29 October 2005) was an English footballer who played as a defender. He made a total of 329 appearances in the English football league with Crewe Alexandra and Wrexham.

Career

Parker started out as a schoolboy for Everton before moving to South Liverpool before the Second World War.[3]

After the Second World War, Parker moved to Crewe Alexandra, making over 100 appearances in 3 years at the club.[4]

In 1951, he moved to Wrexham where he made over 200 league appearances in 8 years.[4] He scored 1 goal for Wrexham, a 60-yarder which bounced over the goalkeeper in a home match against Workington, which is the record for the longest goal scored at the Racecourse Ground.[2]

After leaving Wrexham he moved to Holywell Town.[4]

Post playing-career, Parker worked for Wrexham as a groundsman and a gatesman, and took up refereeing.[3]

References

1. "Albert Parker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "Albert Parker". Daily Post. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
3. "Albert Parker". Red Passion. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "Albert Parker". Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 May 2018.