Jonty Parkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jonty Parkin

English rugby league footballer, and coach

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1894

Place of Birth: Sharlston, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1972

Profession: rugby league player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jonty Parkin

  • Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (1894 – 1972) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
  • One of the nine inaugural inductees of the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame, he toured Australia three times, twice as captain of Great Britain, earning 17 Test caps.
  • Parkin played at stand-off or scrum-half, i.e., number 6, or 7, and also captained England for whom he made 12 appearances, as well as 17 for Yorkshire.
  • Parkin gave the Wakefield Trinity club seventeen years' service, including victory in the 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup.

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