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He played professional football as a quarterback, tailback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) and the Boston Yanks (1945) and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees.
Career Highlights. Learn More. 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.
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- May 17, 1912
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.
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.
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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...
