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Ace Parker

Parker, Clarence McKay
Height: 5-11 Weight: 178
Born: May 17, 1912 Portsmouth, VA
Died: November 6, 2013 Portsmouth, VA
High School: Woodrow Wilson (Portsmouth, VA)

Year	College	Status
1933	Duke
1934	Duke	Lettered
1935	Duke	Lettered
1936	Duke	Lettered

Draft: 2nd round (13th overall) 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers

Military Service: United States Navy

NFL Playoff Statistics

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1937 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1937 POR DFL		LH	1	1
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL	7	TB-S	4	4
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL	7	TB-S	11	11
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	7	TB-S	11	10
1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1939 POR DFL		RH	1	1
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	7	TB-LDH-WB-RDH-QB-S	11	10
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	7	TB-LDH	11	9
1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL	31	QB-S-P	8	1
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	88	TB-DB	11	4
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			67	49

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/12/1936	1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL
Signed		1937 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1937 POR DFL
Released		1937 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1937 POR DFL
Signed	11/2/1937	1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1938	1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL
Signed	9/6/1938	1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL
Free Agent		1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL
Signed	8/5/1939	1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1940	1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL
Signed		1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1939 POR DFL
Free Agent		1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1939 POR DFL
Signed		1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL
Free Agent		1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL
Signed		1941 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1941 POR DFL
Free Agent		1941 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1941 POR DFL
Signed		1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL
Free Agent		1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL
Signed	1/20/1946	1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC
Free Agent	8/1/1947	1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC

AWARDS
1938 United Press NFL Player of the Year
1938 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1938 United Press All-NFL
1938 International News Service All-NFL
1938 Official All-NFL
1938 Official All-NFL
1938 New York Daily News All-NFL
1939 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1940 Official NFL Player of the Year
1940 Associated Press All-NFL
1940 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1940 United Press All-NFL
1940 International News Service All-NFL
1940 International News Service All-NFL
1940 New York Daily News All-NFL
1972 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL	2	1	1	100.0	-	-	-	0			-	0	13
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL	4	5	7	71.4	-	-	-	0	0		-	0	29
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	5	0	1	0.0	-	-	-	1	5	20.0	-	0	33
1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1939 POR DFL	1	0	0				-	0			-	0	6
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	5	19	22	86.4	-	-	-	0	0		-	0	49
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	20	25	31	80.6	-	-	-	1	5	20.0	-	0	148

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	0/1	1/1	0/2	0/1	0/0	1	5	20.0	0	28
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0/1	1/1	0/2	0/1	0/0	1	5	20.0	0	28

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL	34	26	0.8		1
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL	93	253	2.7		2
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	104	271	2.6		5
1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)1939 POR DFL					1
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	89	306	3.4		2
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	85	301	3.5	60	0
1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL	18	-49	-2.7	7	0		0	0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	75	184	2.5		3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	498	1292	2.6	60	13		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL	61	28	45.9	26	514	8.4	18.4		1	1.6	7	11.5						41.3
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL	148	63	42.6	78	865	5.8	13.7		5	3.4	7	4.7						53.5
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	157	72	45.9	72	977	6.2	13.6		4	2.5	13	8.3						40.2
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	111	49	44.1	55	817	7.4	16.7	53	10	9.0	7	6.3						73.3
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	102	51	50.0	43	642	6.3	12.6	47	2	2.0	8	7.8						43.8
1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL	24	10	41.7	9	123	5.1	12.3	41	0	0.0	5	20.8						18.6
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	115	62	53.9	50	763	6.6	12.3	75	8	7.0	3	2.6						87.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	718	335	46.7	333	4701	6.5	14.0	75	30	4.2	50	7.0						53.2

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL		1		19	19.0	19t	1	1	0	0	0
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL		3		139	46.3		2
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL		3		66	22.0	36	0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		8		229	28.6	36	3	1	0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1938 BKN NFL					1
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	6	146	24.3	68t	1
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	1	5	5.0	5	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	7	151	21.6	68t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	40	1678	42.0	65
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	49	1875	38.3	59
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	27	1079	40.0	49	0
1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL	7	224	32.0	51	0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	27	915	33.9		2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	150	5771	38.5	65	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1937 BKN NFL						1
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	16		153	9.6	20	0		0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	8		85	10.6		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	24		238	9.9	20	1		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1941 BKN NFL	3		71	23.7		0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	2		27	13.5	15	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5		98	19.6	15	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL	2		1	0	1	-4	0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC							1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2		1	0	1	-4	1

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