Buddy Parker
| Buddy Parker | |
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Positions: QB , FB , HQ |
Jersey number (s): 4 |
| born December 16, 1913 in Slaton , Texas , USA | |
| died on March 22, 1982 in Kaufman , Texas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1935 - 1964 | |
| College : Centenary College of Louisiana | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 87 |
| as a starter | 40 |
| Touchdowns | 4th |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Raymond Klein "Buddy" Parker (* 16th December 1913 in Slaton , Lubbock County , Texas ; † 22. March 1982 in Kaufman , Texas) was an American American football player and trainer. He played as a blockingback and fullback in the National Football League (NFL). Both as a player and as a coach , he celebrated his greatest successes with the Detroit Lions .
Player career
Raymond Parker grew up in Kemp and studied from 1932 to 1934 at the Centenary College of Louisiana . He played on both the offense and defense of the college football team there . After graduating from college, Parker joined the Detroit Lions as a professional football player . The Lions were trained by Potsy Clark and the team had numerous top players such as Dutch Clark and George Christensen under contract. Parker played for the team mainly as a blockingback and fullback, but was also used as a linebacker in the team's defense . In the 1935 season he was able to move into the NFL championship final with the Lions . Opponents were the New York Giants , who could be defeated with 26: 7. After the 1936 season, Parker moved to the Chicago Cardinals . He could not celebrate successes as a player with the Cardinals.
Coaching career
Immediately after his playing career, Parker became an assistant coach with the Cardinals. In 1946 Jimmy Conzelman had taken over the coaching office for the team from Chicago . Conzelman was able to win nine of twelve games with his team in the 1947 season and move into the NFL championship game. Opponents in the final were the Philadelphia Eagles trained by Greasy Neale , who could be defeated with 27:21. After Conzelman resigned after the 1948 season in which the Lions failed 7-0 to the Eagles in the NFL final, Parker and Phil Handler were appointed head coaches of the team. Both coached the first six games together for the team from Detroit in the 1949 season before Parker took over the office alone.
In 1950, Parker moved to the Detroit Lions, where he was initially an assistant coach before taking on the post of head coach before the 1951 season . Before the round, 1950, the Lions of the committed New York Bulldogs with Bobby Layne a promising young quarterback who led by Raymond Parker, along with other top players such as Lou Creekmur , Vince Banonis , Jack Christiansen or Doak Walker the Lions to the top of NFL should lead.
In 1952 the Lions won nine of twelve games and were able to move into the play-offs . After a 31:21 victory over the Los Angeles Rams , they moved into the NFL final, where Parker and the Lions met the Cleveland Browns , supervised by Paul Brown , who had established themselves as the top team in the NFL years ago. Although the offense of the Browns was able to gain 384 yards of space throughout the game and thus clearly surpassed the Lions with 258 yards, they retained the upper hand and won with 17: 7. It wasn't to be the Browns' only defeat in the final against the Lions. In the following year both teams faced each other again in the final and again the team supervised by Parker prevailed and won 17:16. In 1954, the Browns had the opportunity to return the favor for the two defeats in the final. This time they left the field as winners. They won the final against the Lions 56:10.
Buddy Parker could not agree on a contract extension with the Lions after the 1956 season and moved to the Pittsburgh Steelers shortly before the start of the new season . The Lions team he assembled became NFL champions for the third time in eight years in 1957. Although Raymond Parker managed to get Layne to Pittsburgh in 1958 , he could no longer celebrate successes with his new team. After the 1964 season, Parker ended his coaching career.
After the career
Parker retired from football completely. He moved back to Kemp and worked in the real estate industry from then on. Ray Parker was married and had a son. He died of complications from ulcer surgery and is buried in Kemp Cemetery in Kemp.
Honors
Buddy Parker was named NFL Coach of the Year in 1956 . His hometown of Kemp named a street after him. He is a member of his alma mater's hall of fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Web links
- Buddy Parker in the Centenary College of Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame
- Buddy Parker with the Steelers
- Coach statistics
- biography
- Buddy Parker in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
- Obituary on the New York Times website
- Buddy Parker's grave site in the Find a grave database
literature
- Arthur J. Rooney Jr., Roy McHugh: Ruanaidh: the story of Art Rooney and his clan. Pittsburgh 2008, ISBN 978-0-9814760-3-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lions annual statistics for 1935
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Cardinals 1947
- ^ Statistics NFL final 1947
- ↑ 1952 Lions Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1952
- ↑ 1953 Lions Annual Statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1953
- ^ 1954 annual Lions statistics
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1954
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Parker, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parker, Raymond Klein (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slaton , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1982 |
| Place of death | Kaufman , Texas |