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James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American professional football player who an offensive tackle and guard for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1957 to 1967, and was a member of Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959.
From the moment Jim Parker joined the 1957 Baltimore Colts as their first-round draft pick, he was considered a cinch for pro football stardom. Jim had been a two-way tackle, an All-America and the Outland Award winner as the nation's top lineman at Ohio State.
Parker won the British Academy Award for Best Original Television Music four times, and wrote scores for over two hundred programmes. His work in film and television ranged from music for Moll Flanders , Tom Jones , Midsomer Murders , Born and Bred , Foyle's War , The House of Eliott , and Mapp & Lucia to the score for the contemporary ...
May 3, 2024 · Jim Parker was an American professional gridiron football player who, during his 11-year career with the Baltimore Colts, established himself as one of the finest offensive linemen in National Football League (NFL) history.
Jul 21, 2005 · Jim Parker, who was the first full-time offensive lineman elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is widely regarded as the best offensive lineman ever, died Monday at a nursing home in...
Aug 6, 2021 · Jim Parker, who was considered a mammoth of a man at 6-foot-3, 260 pounds when he entered the draft in 1957, would have preferred to play defense. He was a two-way player for the Buckeyes under...
Pro Football Hall of Fame left tackle Jim Parker comes in at number 32 on NFL Films' "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players" list produced in 2010.
