Jack Parkinson (footballer, born 1883)

Jack Parkinson
	Liverpool team photo in 1903
Personal information
Full name	John Parkinson
Date of birth	September 1883
Place of birth	Bootle, England
Date of death	13 September 1942 (aged 58–59)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1903–1914	Liverpool
1914–1915	Bury
Total
International career
1910	England
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Parkinson (September 1883 – 13 September 1942) was an England international footballer who played for Liverpool as a striker.

Club career

Born in Bootle, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, Parkinson began his career at Anfield rising through the youth ranks and breaking into the first team in 1903. He made his debut on 3 October in a 2–1 victory against Small Heath at Muntz Street, scoring after sixteen minutes. That season Parkinson scored six goals in seventeen games, and in the 1904–05 season he scored 21 times in 23 appearances.

Injury hampered Parkinson's career to some extent, including a broken wrist sustained in a match against Woolwich Arsenal in Liverpool's championship-winning season of 1905–06. He played nine times in the campaign, scoring seven goals, though this was not enough appearances to qualify for a medal. Parkinson's most prolific season for the Reds was the 1909-10 campaign, which saw him top the league's goalscoring list with thirty goals in 31 games. Over the following three seasons, Parkinson scored a further 43 times.

The 1913–14 season proved to be Parkinson's final for Liverpool, making only six appearances, his last being a 2–1 defeat at Burden Park against Bolton on 14 February 1914. He moved to Bury in 1914 and retired from the game during World War I to become a newsagent.

Jack was the great grandfather of the current Liverpool FC Operations Director, Andrew Parkinson.

International career

Parkinson won two England caps, the first of which came on 14 March 1910 at Cardiff Arms Park in a 1–0 win against Wales.

Honours

Liverpool

Football League Second Division champions: 1904–05
Football League First Division champions: 1905–06
Football League First Division Top Goalscorer 1905–06

Charity Shield (1906–07)

References

External links

Jack Parkinson at Englandstats.com