Edward Parsons (January 1879 – 1956), known as Ted or Teddy Parsons, was an English

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who played in the Football League for Stoke and in the Southern League for

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Career

Parsons was born in

Stoke-upon-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly called Stoke is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 18 ...

and played amateur football with Stafford Rangers before joining Stoke in 1887. He was used as back up to Joe Murphy but he played in all of Stoke's matches in the

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in 1898–99 as the team reached the semi-final before being beaten 3–1 by

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. Murphy joined Woolwich Arsenal and Parsons took his place for the 1899–1900 and missed just two matches. But he lost his place to Billy Leech and left Stoke for Featherstone Rangers and then

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parsons, Edward 1879 births 1956 deaths Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Stafford Rangers F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players