Maurice Parry
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 November 1877 | ||
| Place of birth | Trefonen, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 March 1935 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Jersey | ||
| Position(s) |
Right-half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1894–1896 | Newtown | ||
| 1896–1897 | Long Eaton Rangers | ||
| 1897 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1897–1898 | Oswestry United | ||
| 1898–1899 | Leicester Fosse | 1 | (0) |
| 1898–1899 | Loughborough | 12 | (0) |
| 1899–1900 | Brighton United | ||
| 1900–1909 | Liverpool | 206 | (4) |
| 1909–1910 | Partick Thistle | 23 | (1) |
| 1910–1911 | Wrexham | ||
| 1913–1914 | Oswestry United | ||
| International career | |||
| 1901–1909 | Wales | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Rotherham County | |||
| 1925–1926 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maurice Parry (7 November 1877 – 24 March 1935) was a
Liverpool in the early 20th century, helping them to two Football League First Division
titles.
Playing career
Born in
Wrexham
in 1910 before emigrating to South Africa in 1911.
Parry played for Wales on 14 occasions, making his debut against Ireland on 23 March 1901 in a British Championship match.
Coaching and management career
After leaving Thistle Parry went into coaching and got a post in South Africa but moved back to Oswestry to take up a role with Oswestry Town. Parry then, like many others, was affected by the
First World War where he was badly gassed during military service on the Balkans theatre, but he returned to his passion after the war taking the managerial post at Rotherham County, who later merged with Rotherham Town to form Rotherham United in 1925. Parry then took up coaching roles with the more impressive clubs of Barcelona in Spain and both Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Köln in Germany before returning to the British Isles taking up a coaching role on the Channel Islands
.
Family
Parry's brother
Thomas was also a Wales international: the two brothers played together for their country four times.[1] His son, Frank, was also a professional footballer and made over 100 appearances in the Football League.[2]
References
- ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
- ISBN 978-1-905891-29-0.