Harry Parkes (footballer)
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Harry Parkes (Born at Erdington, on 4 January 1920) was an English footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, a one club man, he is widely regarded as one of Aston Villa's most popular players of all-time.
He was a centre-forward, a right-half, an inside-forward, and a winger, but he played his best football at full-back.
He joined Aston Villa as an amateur in April 1939, turning professional in August of that year. He missed only 12 League games in seven season from 1947-1954. He was in line for an England call in 1946, but an injury put an end to the idea, and he never got another chance to play for his country. His only honour with Villa was winning the League War Cup in 1944.
He appeared for the club 345 times scoring 4 goals.
He also sat on Aston Villa's board of directors in the 1970s.
He retired in 1955 to concentrate on his successful sports shop in Corporation Street, Birmingham, which he ran until the mid 1990s.
