Jim Parker

James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American professional football player who played offensive tackle and guard for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League from 1957 to 1967. Born in Macon, Georgia, Parker grew up on a farm where he picked peaches and cotton as a boy and began playing football at age 13. He played his first three years of high school football at Hudson and Ballard-Hudson High Schools in Macon before moving to Ohio for his senior year, where he played for Scott High School in Toledo. He graduated in 1953.

Parker played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes under coach Woody Hayes from 1954 to 1956, helping the team win a national championship in 1954. As a senior in 1956, he was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

Over his 11 NFL seasons, all with Baltimore, Parker was a member of the Colts' NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959, and was selected first-team All-Pro in nine of those seasons. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.