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Reuben S. Parker

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Big Parker
Sewanee Tigers
PositionEnd/Fullback
Class1913
Personal information
Born:(1893-07-18)July 18, 1893
El Paso, Texas
Died:September 10, 1957(1957-09-10) (aged 64)
El Paso, Texas
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1912–1914)
Career highlights and awards

Reuben Samuel "Big" Parker Jr. (July 18, 1893 – September 10, 1957) was an American college football player.

Sewanee

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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

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Parker was selected All-Southern.[4]

World War I

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Parker was a veteran of World War I.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lindsay and Vowell Tear Up Tiger Defence". University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 68. 1915.
  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. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "1916". 24. February 1958. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)