Reuben S. Parker

Big Parker
Sewanee Tigers
Position End/Fullback
Class 1913
Career history
College Sewanee (19121914)
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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