Percy Parratt

Australian rules footballer and coach

Australian rules footballer
Percy Parratt
Cigarette card of Parratt in 1912
Personal information
Full name Percy Thomas Parratt
Date of birth (1887-02-27)27 February 1887
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 1 May 1971(1971-05-01) (aged 84)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) / 74k g
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909–1923 Fitzroy 195 (202)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1913–1915;
1920–1921
Fitzroy 091 (62–26–3)
1924 Carlton 016 0(5–10–1)
1935 Geelong 018 0(6–11–1)
Total 125 (74–47–5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1935.
Career highlights
  • Fitzroy premiership playing coach 1913
  • Fitzroy premiership player 1916, 1922
  • Fitzroy captain 1914–1915, 1920–1921
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Thomas Parratt (27 February 1887 – 1 May 1971)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played 195 games for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1909 to 1923, kicking 202 goals.

Football

He started out at Rose of Northcote.

After leaving the club he became coach of Carlton, which he led in the 1924 season.

Notes

  1. ^ "Percy Thomas Parratt". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. ^ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.

References

  • Freake, J. (1935), "Golden Days of Partnership with Percy Parratt, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 September 1935), p.7.
  • de Lacy, H.A. (1941), "Unforgettable Characters in Football: Dual Personality: Percy Parratt and Jimmy Freake", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 June 1941), p.6.

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Fitzroy Football Club 1913 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 7.14 (56) defeated St Kilda 5.13 (43), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Parratt
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Fitzroy Football Club 1916 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.8 (56), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Holden
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Fitzroy Football Club 1922 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Belcher
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Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club
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Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club
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Coaches of the Carlton Football Club
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Coaches of the Geelong Football Club
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  • 2019–2021: Hood
  • 2022 (S6)–: Lowther
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