Eric Parkes

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Eric Parkes

| image =

| fullname = Ronald Eric Parkes

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|09|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yarraville, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|07|20|1926|09|30|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Yarraville

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 72 kg

| position = Defense

| statsend = 1955

| years1 = 1949–55

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 74 (2)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Ronald Eric Parkes (30 September 1926 – 20 July 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=688}}