- John Parke (footballer)
John Parke (born
6 August 1937 at Bangor,Northern Ireland ) was aNorthern Irish footballer who played for Sunderland and theNorthern Ireland national football team as a full back.Club career
He started his professional footballing career in his native Northern Ireland with Cliftonville before joining their rivals Linfield in 1954.cite web|url=http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/08/john-parke.html|title=John Parke|publisher=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats|accessdate=2008-08-12] He moved to Scotland with Hibernian in 1963 where he made 23 appearances, scoring no goals and moved to Sunderland in 1964. Parke made his debut for Sunderland on
21 November 1964 against Sheffield United in a 3–0 defeat atBramall Lane . [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD1941.asp|title=Sheffield United 3-0 Sunderland|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-08-12] He went on to make 85 league appearances for the club from 19 to 19 scoring 5 goals. [cite web|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG668.asp|title=John Parke|publisher=The Stat Cat|accessdate=2008-08-12] He joined Belgian clubKV Mechelen before retiring in 1968.International career
He won his first cap for Northern Ireland on
12 November 1963 in a 2–1 win against Scotland. He went on to make a further 13 caps for his country, making it a total of 14 caps, with 0 goals.References
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