Tommy Parker (footballer)
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Thomas Robertson Parker (13 February 1924 – 1996) was a professional footballer. He was born in Hartlepool.
He played in midfield for Ipswich Town F.C. His career started at Ipswich Town in 1946 where he became the club captain until he retired in 1957 after playing 475 competitive games for the club.
Parker was stationed as a sailor at the nearby HMS Ganges training camp at Shotley, Suffolk. He helped raise funds for the football club through the Development Association. Tommy was a keen trout fisherman, and died in 1996.
Honours
Ipswich Town
Individual
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2010[1]
See also
References
- ^ Hall of Fame inductees TWTD
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- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
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- 1924 births
- 1996 deaths
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Footballers from Ipswich
- Men's association football midfielders
- English men's footballers
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