Reuben S. Parker Explained

Big Parker
School:	Sewanee Tigers
Birth Date:	18 July 1893
Birth Place:	El Paso, Texas
Death Place:	El Paso, Texas
Pastschools:	Sewanee (1912 - 1914)
Class:	1913
Currentposition:	End/Fullback
Highlights:	All-Southern (1913, 1914) second-team All-time Sewanee football team

Reuben Samuel "Big" Parker, Jr. (July 18, 1893  - September 10, 1957) was an American college football player.

Sewanee

He was a prominent fullback and end for the Sewanee Tigers football team of,^[1] chosen for the second-team all-time Sewanee football team.^[2] As a fullback he was touted as "'some' line plunger."^[3] Parker was from El Paso, Texas.

1913

Parker was selected All-Southern.^[4]

World War I

Parker was a veteran of World War I.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Lindsay and Vowell Tear Up Tiger Defence. 68. University of Tennessee Record. 18. 5. 1915.
2. Sewanee's All-Time Football Team. Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
3. News: Sewanee Forwards Touted As Good As Any in South. Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1913. 8. May 7, 2015. Newspapers.com.
4. News: Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. 8. Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters. Newspapers.com. March 3, 2015.
5. 1916. February 1958. 24.