Personal information | |||
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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]