Roy Parkin Explained

Roy Parkin
Fullname:	Walter Roy Parkin
Birth Date:	18 July 1904
Birth Place:	Castlemaine, Victoria
Death Place:	Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Height:	179 cm
Weight:	79 kg
Statsend:	1926
Years1:	1926
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

Walter Roy Parkin (18 July 1904 – 18 February 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Walter Parkin (1859–1937)^[2] and Annie Helen Parkin (1863–1939),^[3] née Cardwell, Walter Roy Parkin was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 18 July 1904.

Roy Parkin married Jean Casey in Queensland on 30 April 1934.

Football

Parkin was a full-back from Castlemaine who played all his country football in the same team as former Richmond rover Jack Fincher. Parkin's solitary VFL game was in Round 1 1926 against South Melbourne but his performance did not receive good reviews^[4] and he did not play another senior game.

Death

Roy Parkin died in Tweed Heads on 18 February 1957.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 688.
2. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 28,244 . Victoria, Australia . 27 February 1937 . 7.
3. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 29,033 . Victoria, Australia . 11 September 1939 . 4.
4. News: NOTES AND COMMENTS. . The Australasian . CXX . 4,036 . Victoria, Australia . 8 May 1926 . 42.
5. Web site: Roy Parkin . Find a Grave.