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Nathan Parker (American football)

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Nathan Parker
Dartmouth Big Green
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:March 9, 1908
Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Died:May 6, 1991 (age 87)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Career history
CollegeDartmouth
High schoolBellevue High School (Penn.)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1925)

Nathan Kuhns Parker (March 9, 1904 – May 6, 1991) was an American football player. Parker attended Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Dartmouth College.[1] He played college football at the tackle position for the Dartmouth Big Green football team from 1923 to 1925 and was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team.[1][2][3] He later became a Rhodes Scholar.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b 1926 Dartmouth College yearbook (the Aegis), p. 138.
  2. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1157. ISBN 1401337031.
  3. ^ Farrell, Henry L. (1925-11-28). "United Press Chooses All-American Team: Undertakes to Name Eleven Best Playes of Season". Tyrone Daily Herald (Pa.).
  4. ^ Mark F. Bernstein (2001). Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 125. ISBN 0812236270.