:Paul B. Parker

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1898–1960)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Paul B. Parker

| image = Paul B. Parker Ball State.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Parker pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|7|9}}

| birth_place = Greentown, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|3|12|1898|7|9}}

| death_place = Springfield, Ohio, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Basketball

| player_years2 = 1922–1925

| player_team2 = Indiana

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = 1923–1925

| player_team4 = Indiana

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1928–1929

| coach_team2 = Ball State Teachers

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1925–1930

| coach_team4 = Ball State Teachers

| overall_record = 3–9–2 (football)
55–34 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Paul Barbour "Shorty" Parker (July 9, 1898 – March 12, 1960){{cite book|title=History of Howard county in the World War|author=Haworth, C.V.|date=1920|publisher=W.B. Burford, printer|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhowardc00hawo|accessdate=December 3, 2014}} was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—renamed Ball State Teachers College in 1929 and now known as Ball State University—from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 3–9–2. Parker was also the head basketball coach at Ball State from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 55–34.

Early life and college career

Parker was born in 1898, in Greentown, Indiana, to Edmund L. and Elizabeth Parker. He attended school in Kokomo, Indiana, graduating from Kokomo High School in 1917. Parker served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army during World War I, before attending Indiana University.{{cite news |author= |title=Leaders At Ball Teachers College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18973779/the_star_press/ |newspaper=The Star Press |location=Muncie, Indiana |date=September 2, 1928 |page=17 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Death

Parker died on March 12, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio.{{cite news |author= |title=Paul B. Parker, Ex-Ball State Coach, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33255113/the_indianapolis_news/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis News |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=March 15, 1960 |page=7 |access-date=June 26, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}