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Parker graduated from Duke University as an All-America tailback.
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Parker signed a contract with the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team, but after the 1937 baseball season he obtained permission from the Athletics to give pro football a try.
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Ace joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League expecting to play out just one pro football season.
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Parker stayed with the Dodgers until World War II military service interrupted his career in 1942.
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Ace returned to the pros in 1945 with the Boston Yanks then added a brilliant final campaign with the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference in 1946.
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Ace played a total of 7 seasons, 68 games in his pro football career.
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Parker won Most Valuable Player honors in the NFL even though he had suffered a broken left ankle in a summer baseball game that year.
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Ace during the 2003 Enshrinement.
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Parker with his presenter Jack White, GM of the 49ers, during his Enshrinement in 1972.
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Parker's Hall of Fame mural.
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Parker's Hall of Fame bust.