Curtis Parker Explained

Curtis Parker
Birth Date:1901
Birth Place:Wilmar, Arkansas, U.S.
Death Date: (aged)
Death Place:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1924–1925
Player Team2:Arkansas
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1923–1924
Player Team4:Arkansas
Player Years5:1925–1926
Player Team5:Arkansas
Player Positions:End (football)
Guard (basketball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1926–1928
Coach Team2:Centenary (freshmen)
Coach Years3:1929–1933
Coach Team3:Centenary (AHC)
Coach Years4:1934–1939
Coach Team4:Centenary
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1927–1939
Coach Team6:Centenary
Admin Years1:1934–1940
Admin Team1:Centenary
Overall Record:37–27–6 (football)
140–82 (basketball)
Awards:Football
All-Southwest (1925)

Curtis Parker (1901 – April 19, 1982) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1934 to 1939, compiling a record of 37–27–6.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Centenary from 1927 to 1939, tallying a mark of 140–82.[2] [3]

Parker was born in 1901 in Wilmar, Arkansas and was raised in Oklahoma. He died on April 19, 1982, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in Shreveport.[4] [5]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana 1922-1942. Centenary College of Louisiana. October 5, 2019.
  2. Web site: Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Volume 10. American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. 1939. October 5, 2019.
  3. News: Carter . Joe B. . Curtis Parker Named Head Coach Of Centenary College Grid Squad . . . November 29, 1933 . 14 . October 8, 2019 . .
  4. News: . Curtis Parker, former coach at Centenary, dies . . . April 19, 1982 . 3 . July 16, 2021 . .
  5. News: . Curtis Parker . . . April 20, 1982 . 7 . July 16, 2021 . .