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Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker (May 17, 1912 – November 6, 2013) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Career Highlights. Ace Parker never really intended to play pro football when he completed his career as an All-American tailback at Duke University in 1936. His ambition was to be a major league baseball player and he signed a contract with the Philadelphia Athletics.
May 15, 2012 · Ace Parker, a phenomenal two-sport star, of the 1930s and ‘40s, turned 100 years old today. The Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, who was born in Portsmouth, Va. on this day in 1912, is the first member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to reach 100 years of age.
Nov 6, 2013 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Clarence “Ace” Parker, the oldest member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 101. Parker died Wednesday, according to Bryan Johnson of B.W. Foster Funeral Home in Portsmouth.
Jan 4, 2012 · Clarence “Ace” Parker made his major-league debut on April 24, 1937, as a pinch-runner with the Philadelphia Athletics. His first at-bat came on April 30 in Boston against Wes Ferrell. Parker entered the game in the ninth inning to pinch-hit for pitcher Lynn Nelson with the A’s down 15-3.
Dec 2, 2013 · Hall of Famer Clarence Ace” Parker was the oldest former NFL player and the second-oldest former Major League Baseball player when he died Nov. 6, 2013. Parker, who suffered pulmonary problems, had been admitted to a hospital a month prior to his death.
Playing for Hall of Fame coach Wallace Wade, Parker led he Blue Devils football team to a 24-5 record and two Southern Conference Championships during his career. In 1935, he averaged 7.4 yards rushing while punting for an average of 46.7 yards.
Nov 7, 2013 · Ace Parker, a star running back in the National Football League who could do just about everything on a football field in the days of leather helmets and 60-minute men, died on Wednesday in...
Nov 6, 2013 · Clarence “Ace” Parker, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 1972, died this morning at the age of 101. He starred in the National Football League as a quarterback for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1937-1941.
Nov 6, 2013 · Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Clarence "Ace" Parker died Wednesday morning at the age of 101. Parker was the first and only member of the Hall of Fame to live beyond the age of 100.
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