John Parkinson (September 1883 – 13 September 1942) was an

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international

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who played for

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as a striker.

Club career

Born in

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), England, Parkinson began his career at

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rising through the youth ranks and breaking into the first team in 1903. He made his debut on 3 October in a 2–1 victory against

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at Muntz Street, scoring after sixteen minutes. That season Parkinson scored six goals in seventeen games, and in the 1904–05 season he scored 21 times in 23 appearances. Injury hampered Parkinson's career to some extent, including a broken

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sustained in a match against Woolwich Arsenal in Liverpool's championship-winning season of 1905–06. He played nine times in the campaign, scoring seven goals, though this was not enough appearances to qualify for a medal. Parkinson's most prolific season for the Reds was the 1909-10 campaign, which saw him top the league's goalscoring list with thirty goals in 31 games. Over the following three seasons, Parkinson scored a further 43 times. The 1913–14 season proved to be Parkinson's final for Liverpool, making only six appearances, his last being a 2–1 defeat at Burden Park against

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on 14 February 1914. He moved to

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in 1914 and retired from the game during

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to become a

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. Jack was the great grandfather of the current Liverpool FC Operations Director, Andrew Parkinson.

International career

Parkinson won two

caps, the first of which came on 14 March 1910 at

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in a 1–0 win against

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Honours

Liverpool *

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champions: 1904–05 *

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champions: 1905–06 *

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1905–06 Charity Shield (1906-07)

References

Player profile from Liverpoolfc.tvPlayer profile from LFChistory.net

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Jack 1883 births 1942 deaths English Football League players First Division/Premier League top scorers Liverpool F.C. players Bury F.C. players Footballers from Bootle Men's association football forwards English men's footballers England men's international footballers English Football League representative players