Frank Parks

Francis George Parks (March 1875 – 22 May 1945) was a British amateur heavyweight boxer.^[1] He joined the Polytechnic Boxing Club in 1892 and won the Studd Trophy in 1902.^[2] He also won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

Frank Parks
Parks circa 14 May 1911
Born	March 1875 London, England
Died	22 May 1945(1945-05-22) (aged 70) Hampstead, London, England
Known for	British amateur heavyweight champion
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Hayes the trainer; Reuben Charles Warnes; W. W. Allen; secretary Edward T. Calver of the ABA; Alfred Spenceley; Frank Parks; Ralph Erskine; and Murray the trainer circa 14 May 1911

Biography

He was born in March 1875 in London, England, to George Parks and Eliza Ann Barrington.^{[5][6][circular reference][7]} Around 1896, he married Ada Sarah Waller in London, and they had the following children: Maud Lilian Parks (1897–1983), Francis George Parks (1898–?); Rose Gladys Parks (1900–?), Ivy Mary Parks (1904–?), and Olive Eva Parks (1907–1991).^[8] He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion in 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906.^[9][10]

In 1911, he and Reuben Charles Warnes went to the United States with the Amateur Boxing Association of England to fight in Madison Square Garden in a series of exhibition bouts.^[10] In one of the 1911 matches in the United States he lost to William Spengler in three rounds on a referee's decision.^[11]

He died on 22 May 1945 in Hampstead, in a car crash.^[2]

Championships

• Amateur Boxing Association of England heavyweight championships in 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906.^[9][10]
• French Boxing Championship in 1905.^[2]

Legacy

A plaque in the shape of a laurel wreath was dedicated to Frank Parks by the Polytechnic Boxing Club "as a token of admiration by his many friends for his high example and untiring effort for the welfare of the this [sic?] club for 52 years". The plaque is dated 7 November 1946.

See also

• Manifest with Frank Parks arriving in United States
• Back of manifest with Frank Parks arriving in United States