Charlie Parsons (disambiguation)

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Charlie Parsons is a TV producer.

Charlie Parsons may also refer to:

Charles James Parsons was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, New York Metropolitans and Cleveland Spiders. He also played for a number of minor league teams between 1884 and 1889. *May 29, 1885 he pitched the first no hitter game for the Birmingham Barons of Alabama in the Southern League.

Charles Berry Parsons was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Charles Parsons may refer to:

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