Sheila Parker

Sheila Parker
MBE
Personal information
Full name Sheila Parker
Date of birth 1947 (age 76–77)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1965 Preston
Fodens
St Helens
Chorley
International career
1972–1983 England 33 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2013

Sheila Parker MBE (née Porter; born 1947)[1] is an English former international football defender. In November 1972 she captained the England women's national football team in their first official match, a 3–2 win over Scotland in Greenock. Parker was announced as an inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in May 2013.[2]

  1. ^ Lopez 1997, p. 12
  2. ^ "Sheila Parker Amongst Hall of Fame Newcomers". She Kicks. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.