Reginald Parker, sometimes erroneously cited as Richard Parker, was an English
footballer
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who played in
the Football League
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for
Brentford,
South Shields and
Merthyr Town as a
forward.
Career
After beginning his career in the
northeast
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with Boldon Comrades, Parker joined
Third Division South
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club
Brentford during the 1922 off-season.
After a slow start at
inside forward
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, he came to prominence during the
1923–24 season,
scoring 20 goals in 43 games and finishing as the team's top scorer.
After switching to
centre forward,
Parker could muster only 9 goals in 42 appearances during the
1924–25 season.
After scoring 35 goals in 104 appearances,
Parker departed the Bees to join
Second Division
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club
South Shields.
Parker was top scorer for the team during the
1926–27 season and scored 41 league goals in three seasons with the club.
He moved on to spend the
1928–29 season with Third Division South club
Merthyr Town, before ending his career with
Southern League club
Tunbridge Wells Rangers.
Career statistics
References
1902 births
Year of death missing
People from Willington Quay
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Footballers from Tyne and Wear
English men's footballers
Men's association football inside forwards
Brentford F.C. players
Gateshead A.F.C. players
Merthyr Town F.C. players
Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players
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