Albert Parker | |
Fullname: | Albert Edward Parker |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1927 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Death Place: | Wrexham, Wales[1] |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Everton |
Clubs1: | South Liverpool |
Years2: | 1948–1951 |
Clubs2: | Crewe Alexandra |
Caps2: | 113 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1951–1959 |
Clubs3: | Wrexham |
Caps3: | 216 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Clubs4: | Holywell Town |
Albert Edward Parker (13 September 1927 – 29 October 2005) was an English footballer who played as a defender. He made a total of 329 appearances in the English football league with Crewe Alexandra and Wrexham.
Parker started out as a schoolboy for Everton before moving to South Liverpool before the Second World War.[2]
After the Second World War, Parker moved to Crewe Alexandra, making over 100 appearances in 3 years at the club.[3]
In 1951, he moved to Wrexham where he made over 200 league appearances in 8 years. He scored 1 goal for Wrexham, a 60-yarder which bounced over the goalkeeper in a home match against Workington, which is the record for the longest goal scored at the Racecourse Ground.
After leaving Wrexham he moved to Holywell Town.
Post playing-career, Parker worked for Wrexham as a groundsman and a gatesman, and took up refereeing.