The Resume

(May 17, 1912-November 6, 2013)
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Birth name was Clarence McKay Parker
Attended Duke University
Drafted 13th overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1937 NFL Draft
Quarterback/halfback for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937-41), Boston Yanks (1945) and the New York Yankees (1946)
Baseball shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics (1937-38)
Won the Joe F. Carr Trophy (1940)
Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame (1955) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1972)

Why he might be annoying:

He originally did not want to play pro football until 1937.
He started his NFL career with a Dodgers team that went 3-7-1.
His 1940 season was hampered by broken ankles that try put his playing career in jeopardy.
His baseball playing career in the majors was short-lived.
He resumed his football career from the military with an awful Yanks team.
It took him until his final season of his football playing career to play in a championship game, but it was with a Yankee team that lost to the Cleveland Browns in the 1946 AAFC Championship.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won All-American honors while attending Duke.
He established the Duke yard kickoff record with 105.
He served in World War II as a Naval ensign.
He hit a home run in his first career at-bat while he was pinch hitting as he was the first player from the AL to do so.
During his NFL MVP season, he was the 1940 season's leader for interceptions with 6, intercepted returned yards with 146 and recorded a returned interception for a touchdown.
He had a coaching job at Duke in baseball and football.
He was the first Pro Football Hall of Famer to live to reach his 100th birthday.
He was the last living baseball player who have played on the same field as Rogers Hornsby and also on the same field as Lou Gehrig until he died.

Credit: Neo NX2004

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Baseball Players
• Card Suits
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5171912)
• Dual Sport Participants
• Football Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1972)
• Football Players
• I Attended Duke University
• I Died in 2013 (Ranked: 101)
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 101)
• Look at Me, I'm a Helmet Head
• Look at Me, I'm in a Field or Meadow
• Look at My Balls
• Neo NX2004's Profiles [Series 10]
• NFL MVPs (Ranked: 1940)
• Oakland Athletics
• Profiles 51751-51986 (Ranked: 51796)
• Served in World War II

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 125 Votes: 52.80% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying