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Ace Parker
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Running back, Duke, 1934–⁠36

Ace Parker

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Ace Parker played running back at Duke (1934–⁠36). He finished sixth in the 1936 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1936. The Brooklyn Dodgers took Parker in round 2, No. 13 overall in the 1937 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

Best season
1936
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Southern Conference
Heisman vote
6th
In the 1936 vote
Drafted
No. 13
Round 2, 1937 NFL Draft (Brooklyn Dodgers)

Honors

Team titles: Southern champions, 1935 and 1936

All-America: consensus 1936; Newspaper Editors Association second team 1935; AP third team 1935; Liberty magazine third team 1935; UP third team 1935

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

First-team All-Pro (AP): 1940

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1940; Pro Football Weekly first team 1938–⁠40; Collyer’s Eye first team 1939–⁠40; INS first team 1938, 1940; New York Daily News first team 1938, 1940; United Press first team 1938, 1940; and 3 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1946AAFCNew York Yankees

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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