![]() Parker pictured in Chippewa 1922, Central Michigan yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | April 14, 1898
Died | August 23, 1972 Syracuse, New York, U.S. | (aged 74)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1919–1920 | Syracuse |
Basketball | |
1919–1921 | Syracuse |
Baseball | |
1921 | Syracuse |
Position(s) | Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1921–1923 | Central Michigan |
1926–1928 | Central Michigan / Central State |
Basketball | |
1921–1924 | Central Michigan |
1926–1927 | Central Michigan |
Baseball | |
1922–1924 | Central Michigan |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1929–1934 | Central State (MI) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 32–10–6 (football) |
Howard Wallace Parker (April 14, 1898 – August 23, 1972), sometimes listed as Herbert Wallace Parker, was the head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1921 to 1923 and again from 1926 to 1928. He also served as Central Michigan's basketball coach, and later their athletic director. He played college football, basketball and baseball at Syracuse. He died in 1972 at age 74 in Syracuse, New York.[1]