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Roy Parkin
Personal information
Full name Walter Roy Parkin
Date of birth (1904-07-18)18 July 1904
Place of birth Castlemaine, Victoria
Date of death 18 February 1957(1957-02-18) (aged 52)
Place of death Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 Richmond 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Walter Roy Parkin (18 July 1904 – 18 February 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Walter Parkin (1859–1937)[2] and Annie Helen Parkin (1863–1939),[3] née Cardwell, Walter Roy Parkin was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 18 July 1904.

Roy Parkin married Jean Casey in Queensland on 30 April 1934.

Football

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Parkin was a full-back from Castlemaine who played all his country football in the same team as former Richmond rover Jack Fincher. Parkin's solitary VFL game was in Round 1 1926 against South Melbourne but his performance did not receive good reviews[4] and he did not play another senior game.

Death

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Roy Parkin died in Tweed Heads on 18 February 1957.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 28, 244. Victoria, Australia. 27 February 1937. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 29, 033. Victoria, Australia. 11 September 1939. p. 4.
  4. ^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". The Australasian. Vol. CXX, no. 4, 036. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1926. p. 42.
  5. ^ "Roy Parkin". Find a Grave.
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