ACE PARKER Signed Index Card PSA/DNA NFL Hall of Fame HOF AUTO AUTOGRAPH

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Ace Parker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clarence "Ace" Parker
Date of birth:
May 17, 1912
Place of birth:
Portsmouth
,
Virginia
,
U.S.
Date of death:
November 6, 2013 (aged 101)
Place of death:
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)
:
Quarterback
/
Halfback
Height:
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:
178 lb (81 kg)
College
:
Duke
High school:
Woodrow Wilson (VA)
NFL Draft
:
1937
/ Round: 2 / Pick: 13
Organizations
As player:
1937
–
1941
1945
1946
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Yanks
New York Yankees
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1936)
2×
UPI
First-Team
All-Pro
(1938, 1940)
AP
First-Team All-Pro (1940)
UPI
Second-Team All-AAFC (1946)
NFL Most Valuable Player
(
1940
)
College Football Hall of Fame
inductee (1955)
Pro Football Hall of Fame
inductee (1972)
Career stats
Playing stats at
NFL.com
College Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
,
1972
Military service
Allegiance:
United States
Service/branch:
U.S. Navy
Years of service:
1942–1945
Rank:
2nd Lt.
Battles/wars:
World War II
Ace Parker
Shortstop
Born:
May 17, 1912
Portsmouth, Virginia
Died:
November 6, 2013 (aged 101)
Portsmouth, Virginia
Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1937 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 4, 1938 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average
.179
Home runs
2
Runs batted in
25
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics
(
1937
–
1938
)
Clarence McKay
"
Ace
"
Parker
(May 17, 1912 – November 6, 2013) was an
NFL
quarterback
who played for the
Brooklyn Dodgers
(1937–1941),
Boston Yanks
(1945), and the
New York Yankees
of the
AAFC
. He was an All-American tailback at
Duke University
in 1936. Parker also played
Major League Baseball
during 1936 and 1937 with the
Philadelphia Athletics
.
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Early years
Ace Parker was the son of Ernest and Mabel Parker and grew up near
Norfolk
,
Virginia
. He attended
Woodrow Wilson High School
in
Portsmouth
, graduating with the class of 1933 and starring in five sports. He enrolled at
Duke University
as a freshman in 1933.
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Duke career
At Duke, Parker competed in three sports: football, basketball and baseball. From 1934–1936, he starred at tailback, doing most of the running and passing for Duke. He was second team All-American in 1935 and consensus All-American first team in 1936. He placed sixth in the
Heisman Trophy
voting in 1936. Parker was a great open-field runner and one of the best punters in college football at the time. His 105 yard kickoff return against North Carolina is still a Duke school record. Parker also stood out as a baseball player at Duke, playing in 1935–1936.
In his senior season at Duke, he served as team captain for the
Duke Blue Devils
who went 9–1, captured the league title with a 7–0 record, and finished the season ranked 11th in the
Associated Press
national poll.
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He was elected into the
College Football Hall of Fame
in 1955. He was inducted into the
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
in 1963, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972, and was an inaugural member of the Duke University Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 1975.
Early pro career
Parker was drafted by the
Brooklyn Dodgers
as the third pick of the second round in the
1937 NFL draft
.
Sammy Baugh
was the only passer drafted ahead of Parker. Parker, who played for the
Philadelphia Athletics
of Major League Baseball beginning in 1937, originally had no intention of playing in the
NFL
. Baseball was the glamour pro sport at the time and the NFL had a rough, vulgar reputation. But perhaps because of his .117 batting average that year, he asked for and received permission from the A's to play football. Parker thus became a true two-sport phenomenon, playing both Major League Baseball and NFL football in both 1937 and 1938. Parker, playing various infield positions, batted .179 over two seasons with the A's, scoring 20 runs with 25 RBI over 94 games. Parker was the first of only seven
Major League Baseball
players to hit a home run as a
pinch-hitter
in their first
at bat
.
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NFL stardom
When Parker joined the Dodgers in 1937, Brooklyn had been a perennial NFL cellar-dweller in the East Conference since 1930. With his running, passing, and punting ability, he brought them instant credibility. He led the team in passing in 1937 and every year he played. In 1938, he led Brooklyn to a 0.500 record and led the NFL in passing yards with 865. When legendary coach
Jock Sutherland
joined the Dodgers in 1940, Parker's career took off. In 1940, he threw for 817 yards and 10 TDs, rushed for 306 yards, caught 3 passes, including 2 for TDs, and led the league in points after touchdowns. The Dodgers finished only one game out of first, with an 8–3 record, and Parker was named the
NFL MVP
. In 1941, Parker continued to shine, but the Dodgers again finished second to the
New York Giants
, despite beating their New York rivals twice during the season. Parker's NFL career went on hold in 1942, as he, like many NFL players, left football to enlist in the Armed Services. After serving for over two years, Parker returned to the NFL, this time with the short-lived Boston Yanks, but at age 33, he took on a minor role.
He rejoined the former owner of the Dodgers,
Dan Topping
, in 1946 as part of the New York Yankees of the new
All-America Football Conference
(AAFC). Coached by former
Washington Redskins
coach
Ray Flaherty
and led by Parker, the Yankees won the AAFC East, giving Parker his only division title in pro football. The Yankees met the powerful
Cleveland Browns
in the championship game. The Yankees played well, but eventually succumbed to the Browns. Parker was 8 of 18 passing, for only 81 yards and an interception. Parker retired after the game, completing a fine career at age 34. He was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
and the
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
in 1972.
Later years
After his playing days, Parker became the head baseball coach (1953–1966) and assistant football coach (1947–1965) at
Duke University
. He was manager of the
Durham Bulls
from 1949–52, serving as player-manager for the first three seasons and finishing with a record of 303–266 (.533). He was Piedmont League manager of the year in 1949 and 1951. He was also a founding member of the Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia.
On August 13, 2008, Parker was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, honoring athletes, coaches and administrators who made contributions to sports in Southeastern Virginia.
At the time of his death, Parker was the oldest living member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the oldest living former professional football player and the last living person to play on the same major league baseball field as
Baseball Hall of Fame
member
Rogers Hornsby
. On May 7, 1937, Parker appeared for the
Philadelphia Athletics
while Hornsby played one of his last games for the
St. Louis Browns
.
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Before his death, Parker and Hall of Famer
Bobby Doerr
were the last men to play on the same field as baseball immortal
Lou Gehrig
.
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Parker died the morning of November 6, 2013 at the age of 101. He is the first and so far only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to have lived past their hundredth birthday.
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