R.i.P Alex Parker

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Sad to say the best tackling full back I ever saw in the RBJ has died at home in Gretna. He was a stalwart of our 62/63 team and was known through out the leagues for his ability to slide a tackle and come out with the ball every time. The late George Best said the he was one of the few backs that scared him. Alex was never the quickest but what he did have was timing, superb timing. Injuries suffered in the RB cause meant that he spent many years on cructhes and he eventually lost a leg last year. We used to call him the Falkirk Falcon, swoop and he have the ball, RIP Alex and thanks for being a truly great blue, you'll always live on in my memory
 
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The Echo reports that the Former Players Ass were about to kit his kitchen out for him because of his lost limb. If I remember corectly he ran a pub/club in Runcorn for a time, always had a big smile on his face, sad loss
 

monty said:
Sad to say the best tackling full back I ever saw in the RBJ has died at home in Gretna. He was a stalwart of our 62/63 team and was known through out the leagues for his ability to slide a tackle and come out with the ball every time. The late George Best said the he was one of the few backs that scared him. Alex was never the quickest but what he did have was timing, superb timing. Injuries suffered in the RB cause meant that he spent many years on cructhes and he eventually lost a leg last year. We used to call him the Falkirk Falcon, swoop and he have the ball, RIP Alex and thanks for being a truly great blue, you'll always live on in my memory
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This.

He was captain (I think) the first time I watched Everton in the very early sixties. A very precise tackler, my Dad told me. Remember him well. Sad loss.
 
I met him last year . He came to the Golden Vision thing at Merseyside . He didn't look well , but , nice man , signed a couple of bits for me .
Nice fella . Everton Legend .
R.I.P. indeed .
 

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