Ed Parks

Ed "Mickey" Parks was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, one of nine children, and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1933. He was All-Big Six twice at Oklahoma. Washington drafted him in the ninth round, 79th overall, in 1938. He played center for the Redskins for three years, earning All-Pro honors, with Sammy Baugh as a teammate. That included the 1940 Eastern champions, who lost the title game 73–0 to the Bears. After World War II service he played for the AAFC's Chicago Rockets in 1946. He died in September 1976. Note: public sources on him are thin, so this bio is short. Pro Football Reference has a player page for him (linked below), but its stats weren't pulled for this bio. Name note: Pro Football Reference lists him as "Mickey Parks."