Brian Parkinson Explained

Brian Parkinson
Birth Date:14 January 1951
Birth Place:Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1974–1976
Clubs1:Everton
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:1976–1979
Clubs2:Los Angeles Skyhawks
Caps2:38+
Goals2:0
Years3:1977
Clubs3:Santa Barbara Condors (loan)
Years4:1980
Clubs4:Miami Americans
Years5:1980
Clubs5:California Sunshine

Brian Parkinson is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending five seasons in the American Soccer League.

Parkinson began his career with Everton, where he earned the backup goalkeeper job for a brief spell at the age of 18. In 1976, he moved to the Los Angeles Skyhawks where he had the lowest goals against average (0.78) among American Soccer League goalkeepers for the league champions. His exploits led to him being nicknamed "Superstop."[1] He followed that in 1977 when he had the second lowest goals against average among ASL keepers.[2] In 1980, he spent one season with the Miami Americans.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1976 . 25 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090520182556/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1976.html#ASL . 20 May 2009 . dead .
  2. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1977 . 25 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303113101/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html#ASL . 3 March 2009 . dead .