| Dick Parker | |
| Fullname: | Richard Parker |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Stockton-on-Tees, England |
| Death Place: | Stockton-on-Tees, England |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Years1: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs1: | Norton |
| Years2: | 1914 |
| Clubs2: | Thornaby Corinthians |
| Years3: | 1914 |
| Clubs3: | South Bank |
| Years4: | 1914 |
| Clubs4: | Stockton |
| Years5: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs5: | Sunderland |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 1920 |
| Clubs6: | Coventry City |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Goals6: | 11 |
| Years7: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs7: | South Shields |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Years8: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs8: | Wallsend |
| Years9: | 1922–1924 |
| Clubs9: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps9: | 61 |
| Goals9: | 30 |
| Years10: | 1924–1927 |
| Clubs10: | Millwall |
| Caps10: | 88 |
| Goals10: | 62 |
| Years11: | 1927–1928 |
| Clubs11: | Watford |
| Caps11: | 13 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 1928–1929 |
| Clubs12: | Merthyr Town |
| Caps12: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Clubs13: | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
Richard Parker (14 September 1894 – 1 January 1969) was an English professional footballer who made over 200 appearances as a centre forward in the Football League.[1] [2] He is best remembered for his three-year spell with Millwall, for whom he scored 62 goals in 88 league matches.
Parked attended Tilery School in Stockton-on-Tees.[3] He served in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 1919–20[4] | First Division | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Coventry City | 1919–20[5] | Second Division | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | |
| 1920–21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Total | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1922–23[6] | Third Division South | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | |
| 1923–24[7] | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 14 | |||
| Total | 61 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 34 | |||
| Millwall | 1924–25[8] | Third Division South | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |
| 1925–26[9] | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 1926–27[10] | 40 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 38 | |||
| 1927–28[11] | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 98 | 66 | |||
| Watford | 1927–28 | Third Division South | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |
| Career total | 194 | 107 | 16 | 9 | 210 | 116 | |||