Kenny Parker

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Kenny Parker
Personal information
Born: (1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 (age 76)
Paterson, New Jersey
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Eastside
(Paterson, New Jersey)
College: Fordham
Position: Defensive back
NFL Draft: 1968  / Round: 16 / Pick: 422
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Kenny Parker (born July 22, 1946) is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League.

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Early life and high school

Parker was born and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey and attended Eastside High School. He played basketball and football and was named first-team All-Passaic Valley Conference at quarterback as a senior. [1]

College basketball career

Parker played basketball at Fordham, which did not have a college football team at the time. [2] [3] Parker played under head coach Johnny Bach and was a starter at guard. He named the Rams captain as a senior and was an Academic All-America selection. [4] Parker averaged 4.9 points over 77 games during his collegiate basketball career. [5]

Professional career

Despite not having played football since high school, Parker was selected in the 16th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft by the New York Giants. He suffered a season-ending injury during the 1968 preseason and spent 1969 on the practice squad. [6] [7] Parker made the Giants active roster in 1970, and eventually became a starter at cornerback due to injuries. [8] Parker was cut at the end of training camp in 1971. [9]

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References

  1. "Eastside". BergenPassaicFootball.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. "Ram's biggest:BC Tomorrow". The Heights. February 2, 1968. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. "Signori signed by Bulls". The Fordham Ram. May 3, 1968. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  4. "Albers Named to 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Women's At-Large First-team". FordhamSports.com. June 14, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. "Ken Parker College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. Harvin, Al (July 21, 1969). "Brenner and Parker, Both Rookies, Have Giant Hopes". The New York Times .
  7. Harvin, Al (September 25, 1970). "Giant Scout Carries the News: Cowboys Boast Plenty of Guns". The New York Times .
  8. Baker, Jim; Corbett, Bernard M. (2010). The Most Memorable Games in Giants History: The Oral History of a Legendary Team. p. 147. ISBN   9781608190683.
  9. "Battle of Jets Reaches Point of No Returns". The New York Times . September 8, 1971.