Gary Parkes

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Gary Parkes
Personal information
Full name Gary Parkes
Born (1951-07-02) 2 July 1951 (age 74)
Original team Pascoe Vale
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position Wing
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1970–76 Essendon 96 (39)
1978–79 Richmond 7 (6)
1981-84 Werribee [1] 62 (28)
Total165 (73)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979.
Career highlights
  • 1978 - Wangaratta Gift
  • 1983 - Werribee best & fairest
  • 1983 - VFA Representative side
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Parkes (born 2 July 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Parkes won the 1978 - 120 metre Wangaratta Gift at the Wangaratta Showgrounds. [3]

Notes

  1. "1984 - Gary Parkes Player Profile". The VFA Project. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 688. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. David G (22 January 2016). "2016 - Wangaratta Gift – Bombers history". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 5 January 2026.