Limbo Parks
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| Position: | Offensive guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 21, 1965 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Raytown (MO) |
| College: | Arkansas |
| Undrafted: | 1987 |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Lemuel Tyrone "Limbo" Parks (born March 21, 1965) is a former American football player who played as an offensive guard for four years at college level with a short stint in professional football. He played college football for Coffeyville Community College and the University of Arkansas. He had a three-game stint as a replacement player for San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1987 NFL season.
Early years
[edit]Parks was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Raytown South High School in Raytown, Missouri.[1]
College career
[edit]Parks first played college football at Coffeyville Community College, where he was part of the Red Ravens 1983 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship team.[2] In 1984, Parks was named an NJCAA Football All-American.[3]
In 1985, Parks transferred to the University of Arkansas.[1] Parks earned All-SWC honors in 1986.[4]
Professional career
[edit]By the beginning of the 1987 NFL season, Parks was working as a Pizza Hut delivery driver. With the majority of NFL players choosing to walk out after the second game of the season, Parks became one of a large number of replacement players, joining the San Francisco 49ers. He made three appearances for the team before the regular players returned for the sixth game. The three games, against the New York Giants, the Atlanta Falcons and the St. Louis Cardinals were all wins.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "LIMBO PARKS". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "1983 National Championship Team To Be Inducted Into NJCAA Hall of Fame". Coffeyville Community College. September 10, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "All-Time NJCAA Football All-Americans" (PDF). National Junior College Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Winderman, Ira (December 29, 1986). "Razorbacks Not Allowed To Hog Fame". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "Limbo Parks – Game Logs". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Joan (October 21, 1987). "Dreams live, even though reality calls". The Miami News. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "49er Replacements Grateful for Chance to Play". Associated Press. October 19, 1987.
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[edit]- Living people
- 1965 births
- Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri
- American football offensive guards
- Coffeyville Red Ravens football players
- Arkansas Razorbacks football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- National Football League replacement players
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople