Parker, Douglas E.

Person

Staff Only

Biographical Note

As a coach at Springfield College from 1951 to 1990, Douglas E. Parker compiled a career record of 518-169-11. This total includes his stint as Freshman and Junior Varsity head coach from 1951 to 1955. From 1955 to 1990 he served as Varsity Head Coach with a record of 485-159-11. In his thirty-five years as head coach at Springfield College, he never had a losing season and was named New England “Coach of the Year” three times. Parker won twenty-one New England titles in his twenty-three years in the league and produced twenty-four All-Americans, including 1984 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick. His wrestling team won the 1979 and 1980 NCAA Division II Eastern Regional championship. Parker was a member of the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 1999, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum awarded Doug Parker the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award in recognition for his years of dedication to the development of leadership and citizenship in young people.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Coach Doug Parker T-Shirt celebrating his career, 1990

Folder — Box 01 (Series 1): Series 01, Folder: 27

Identifier: 01

Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: Materials in Series 1 include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, news releases, statistics (individual match, individual players, cumulative for season, and all time), correspondence, memorandums, notes, flyers, history manuscripts, uniforms and memorabilia.Along with individual documents listing historical information about the Springfield College Wrestling team, there are history manuscripts within the materials, including “The Wrestling at Springfield College, 1915-1971”...

Dates: 1990

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections / Springfield College Wrestling Team Records / Series 01: Miscellaneous

Oral History with Doug Parker- Class of 1951 (Transcript), May 7, 1969

Sub-Series — Box 06: Series 03, Folder: 15

Identifier: e

Series 3e Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Materials included in Series 3, Sub-series e- Alumni Oral Histories: 1950s-1960, are transcriptions and audio recordings of oral histories of Alumni who graduated from Springfield College in the years between 1951 and 1960. The audio files are on the original cassettes or as a digital file on CDs. Included are oral histories with Springfield College Faculty and Coaches like Doug Parker, John J. Costello, and Charlie Smith. John J. Costello became the Dean of Students in 1966 and retired in...

Dates: May 7, 1969

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections / G. Eugene Rich and Herbert Zettl Springfield College Oral History Collection / Series 03: Alumni Oral Histories / Series 03, Sub-series e: Alumni Oral Histories: 1950s-1960

Springfield College Wrestling Team Records

Record Group — RG 173 All Boxes

Identifier: RG-173

Abstract The Springfield College Wrestling Team Records collection contains materials and information on the Springfield College Wrestling teams (varsity, junior varsity and freshman) from their first season in 1915 through the present day. The bulk of the materials begins in the 1900’s and continues through 2017. Materials include photographs of teams, players and matches; scorecards and scorebooks from individual matches; compiled statistics, individual player and team; news clippings of individual...

Dates: ca. 1915-2017

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections

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