467:
studied Parris in order to explore black working-class experiences in early and mid 20th century
Britain. Most people of colour left few historical traces but as a professional footballer, Parris was discussed in the press. Johnes shows that newspaper often described Parris in racial terms, but any
379:
Parris became the first Black player for
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic when he made his debut for them against Newport County on 27th August 1934. He achieved the same distinction at Luton Town on 13th March 1937, making his debut against Northampton Town. Later that year he also became the
468:
overt racism Parris faced was not recorded. Nonetheless, given the racial attitudes of the time, Parris must have faced prejudices and the frequent references to his race in match reports and the like shows that people of colour were regarded as different in
British culture.
380:
first Black player to represent
Northampton Town in the Football League when he made his debut for them on 11th December 1937 (Northampton Town were playing in the Southern League when
777:
737:
651:
Martin Johnes, Race, Archival
Silences, and a Black Footballer Between the Wars, Twentieth Century British History, Volume 31, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages 530â554,
376:, and thereafter established a regular first-team place at left wing. In his career at Bradford Park Avenue, he played 142 League and Cup games and scored 39 goals.
333:. He was the first black player to represent Wales in an international, and over his career between 1927 and 1948 made 268 league appearances and scored 60 goals.
392:
707:
353:, Wales, to a white mother, Annie Alford (nÊe Clarke) from Leicester, England, and a black father, John Edward Parris (known as Eddie), who had been born in
767:
762:
357:
but moved to
England in about 1900. Eddie Snr. served in the British Army during World War One and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
544:
787:
625:
757:
747:
399:, becoming the first black player to represent Wales in an international. Although sometimes cited as the first black player to play for any of the
368:, at the time a leading club, and he was signed as a trialist in 1928. He made his debut in January 1929, scoring his team's only goal in a drawn
732:
722:
416:
wrote of him: 'Parris is speedy, has ball control, and is not a little football genius'. He suffered an injury in 1934, and later played for
727:
404:
384:
played for them from 1911 to 1914). Later in his career he became the first Black player for
Cheltenham Town (then a Southern League side).
672:
606:
697:
782:
584:
752:
712:
702:
717:
118:
772:
742:
177:
516:
388:
283:
365:
310:
481:
622:
437:
262:
425:
326:
231:
692:
687:
433:
330:
306:
249:
464:
361:
161:
599:
580:
561:
373:
640:
629:
610:
545:
Dan Barnes, "Plaque to Wales' first black professional footballer installed in
Chepstow",
421:
417:
318:
314:
213:
195:
429:
322:
471:
A plaque to honour Parris was installed outside his birthplace in
Pwllmeyric in 2021.
681:
350:
62:
400:
667:
381:
448:
440:. His final recorded match, as player-coach at Gloucester City, was in 1948.
412:
342:
85:
58:
444:
487:
354:
346:
652:
452:
403:, research now suggests that in fact the first was the Scotland player
396:
369:
523:. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
387:
In
December 1931 Parris made his first and only appearance for
305:(31 January 1911 â 27 February 1971) was a Welsh international
447:
factory and, from 1939, for the Gloster Aircraft Company in
455:
near Chepstow, and in Gloucester, where he died in 1971.
673:
Bantamspast.co.uk - "Eddie Parris: A Welsh Pioneer"
277:
272:
259:
243:
225:
207:
189:
171:
155:
129:
124:
114:
92:
81:
69:
54:
39:
31:
26:
486:
579:. Leicester: Conker Editions. pp. 168â169.
8:
360:From 1927, aged 16, Eddie Parris played for
21:
540:
538:
536:
534:
532:
530:
296:*Club domestic league appearances and goals
139:
20:
493:English National Football Archive (ENFA)
508:
364:His talents were spotted by scouts for
778:Men's association football midfielders
738:Wales men's international footballers
708:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players
7:
653:https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwaa023
600:Bradford City Football Club Museum,
147:
488:"Player search: Parris, JE (Eddie)"
418:Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
315:Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
196:Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
668:Article with photo of Eddie Parris
575:Hern, Bill; Gleave, David (2020).
14:
768:Sportspeople of Barbadian descent
763:Welsh people of Barbadian descent
788:Footballers from Gloucestershire
758:Welsh people of English descent
748:Sportspeople from Monmouthshire
733:Gloucester City A.F.C. players
623:Article in Chepstow Free Press
562:"John Edward ('Eddie') Parris"
521:Sunday Dispatch Football Guide
1:
723:Northampton Town F.C. players
602:Eddie Parris: A Welsh Pioneer
728:Cheltenham Town F.C. players
341:He was born in Ivy Cottage,
463:Historian Martin Johnes of
804:
783:Chepstow Town F.C. players
577:Football's Black Pioneers
295:
117:
95:
84:
72:
57:
42:
34:
613:. Retrieved 25 July 2013
551:. Retrieved 4 April 2021
517:"Boscombe. ÂŖ4,000 stand"
753:Black British sportsmen
713:Luton Town F.C. players
703:AFC Bournemouth players
698:Welsh men's footballers
641:Jim Appleby: Past Times
609:17 October 2012 at the
459:Significance and legacy
718:Bath City F.C. players
628:3 October 2011 at the
178:Bradford (Park Avenue)
110: in (1.79 m)
773:People from Tidenham
743:People from Chepstow
443:He also worked in a
366:Bradford Park Avenue
311:Bradford Park Avenue
273:International career
27:Personal information
604:, 30 September 1912
547:Chepstow Free Press
23:
564:. 5 December 2017.
465:Swansea University
303:John Edward Parris
35:John Edward Parris
309:, who played for
300:
299:
795:
655:
649:
643:
638:
632:
620:
614:
597:
591:
590:
572:
566:
565:
558:
552:
542:
525:
524:
513:
503:
501:
499:
490:
426:Northampton Town
401:'home countries'
327:Northampton Town
280:
246:
232:Northampton Town
228:
210:
192:
174:
158:
149:
141:
109:
108:
104:
101:
76:
73:27 February 1971
49:
47:
24:
16:Welsh footballer
803:
802:
798:
797:
796:
794:
793:
792:
678:
677:
664:
659:
658:
650:
646:
639:
635:
630:Wayback Machine
621:
617:
611:Wayback Machine
598:
594:
587:
574:
573:
569:
560:
559:
555:
543:
528:
515:
514:
510:
497:
495:
485:
484:infobox stats:
482:Football League
477:
461:
451:. He lived at
438:Gloucester City
434:Cheltenham Town
339:
331:Cheltenham Town
278:
263:Gloucester City
250:Cheltenham Town
244:
226:
208:
190:
172:
156:
106:
102:
99:
97:
74:
50:31 January 1911
45:
43:
17:
12:
11:
5:
801:
799:
791:
790:
785:
780:
775:
770:
765:
760:
755:
750:
745:
740:
735:
730:
725:
720:
715:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
680:
679:
676:
675:
670:
663:
662:External links
660:
657:
656:
644:
633:
615:
592:
585:
567:
553:
549:, 3 April 2021
526:
507:
506:
505:
504:
476:
473:
460:
457:
372:match against
338:
335:
298:
297:
293:
292:
289:
286:
281:
275:
274:
270:
269:
267:
265:
260:
257:
256:
254:
252:
247:
241:
240:
237:
234:
229:
223:
222:
219:
216:
211:
205:
204:
201:
198:
193:
187:
186:
183:
180:
175:
169:
168:
166:
164:
159:
153:
152:
143:
136:
131:
127:
126:
125:Senior career*
122:
121:
116:
112:
111:
94:
90:
89:
83:
82:Place of death
79:
78:
77:(aged 60)
71:
67:
66:
56:
55:Place of birth
52:
51:
41:
37:
36:
33:
29:
28:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
800:
789:
786:
784:
781:
779:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
759:
756:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
719:
716:
714:
711:
709:
706:
704:
701:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
686:
685:
683:
674:
671:
669:
666:
665:
661:
654:
648:
645:
642:
637:
634:
631:
627:
624:
619:
616:
612:
608:
605:
603:
596:
593:
588:
586:9781999900854
582:
578:
571:
568:
563:
557:
554:
550:
548:
541:
539:
537:
535:
533:
531:
527:
522:
518:
512:
509:
494:
489:
483:
479:
478:
474:
472:
469:
466:
458:
456:
454:
450:
446:
441:
439:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
414:
408:
406:
405:Andrew Watson
402:
398:
394:
390:
385:
383:
377:
375:
371:
367:
363:
362:Chepstow Town
358:
356:
352:
351:Monmouthshire
348:
344:
336:
334:
332:
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
294:
290:
287:
285:
282:
276:
271:
268:
266:
264:
261:
258:
255:
253:
251:
248:
242:
238:
235:
233:
230:
224:
220:
217:
215:
212:
206:
202:
199:
197:
194:
188:
184:
181:
179:
176:
170:
167:
165:
163:
162:Chepstow Town
160:
154:
151:
144:
142:
137:
135:
132:
128:
123:
120:
113:
91:
87:
80:
70:Date of death
68:
64:
63:Monmouthshire
60:
53:
40:Date of birth
38:
30:
25:
19:
647:
636:
618:
601:
595:
576:
570:
556:
546:
520:
511:
496:. Retrieved
492:
470:
462:
442:
411:
410:In 1932 the
409:
386:
378:
359:
340:
302:
301:
145:
138:
133:
75:(1971-02-27)
22:Eddie Parris
18:
693:1971 deaths
688:1911 births
420:(1934â37),
382:Walter Tull
115:Position(s)
682:Categories
498:30 October
475:References
449:Brockworth
422:Luton Town
413:Daily Mail
343:Pwllmeyric
319:Luton Town
307:footballer
214:Luton Town
96:5 ft
86:Gloucester
59:Pwllmeyric
46:1911-01-31
445:munitions
430:Bath City
374:Hull City
323:Bath City
245:1939â19??
227:1937â1939
191:1934â1937
173:1928â1934
157:1927â1928
88:, England
32:Full name
626:Archived
607:Archived
391:against
355:Barbados
347:Chepstow
453:Sedbury
397:Belfast
393:Ireland
119:Forward
105:⁄
65:, Wales
583:
370:FA Cup
93:Height
389:Wales
284:Wales
130:Years
581:ISBN
500:2023
480:For
436:and
337:Life
329:and
279:1931
209:1937
203:(23)
185:(38)
140:Apps
134:Team
395:in
291:(0)
239:(7)
221:(2)
200:103
182:133
148:Gls
684::
529:^
519:.
491:.
432:,
428:,
424:,
407:.
349:,
345:,
325:,
321:,
317:,
313:,
236:25
98:10
61:,
589:.
502:.
288:1
218:7
150:)
146:(
107:2
103:1
100:+
48:)
44:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.