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Jackie Parr
Jack Parr (21 November 1920 – 28 March 1985) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County F.C., Derby County and Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town, among others. Career Early career Parr played for Holbrook Sports F.C., Holbrook Miners Welfare during his youth, as well as Little Eaton St Peter's, where he later became captain. He signed amateur forms with Derby in December 1937, not long before the outbreak of World War II. He frequently played for the club during the war seasons. Parr was spotted by Derby while playing against them during a game for Holbrook, having just returned from a leg injury. He remarked during a 1977 interview that had he not sustained the injury, he may not have had the opportunity to later play against Derby. Main career During Derby's 1945–46 Derby County F.C. season, 1945–46 season, where they won in the 1946 FA Cup final, Parr played in every game of the cup competition, except for the final, as he fractured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gained city status in 1977, the population size has increased by 5.1%, from around 248,800 in 2011 to 261,400 in 2021. Derby was settled by Romans, who established the town of Derventio, later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and later still by the Vikings, who made their town of one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
