Walter Parks
Position: Right Back · Years: 1895-1900 · Team: Men's First Team
Senior appearances: 1 · Goals: 0
A founding member of Thames Ironworks FC and one of the original ironworkers who played for the club. Parks was a solid defender who helped the team establish itself in local football.
Walter Parks represented the Men's First Team squad at the club. Playing as a right back during 1895-1900, Records list Walter Parks with 1 senior appearance and 0 goals for the Hammers. West Ham United defenders have long carried the responsibility of protecting the club's proud East London tradition. From Bobby Moore — the club's greatest ever player and 1966 World Cup-winning captain — to modern figures such as Rio Ferdinand, Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell, defenders have been central to Hammers folklore.
This era at West Ham United spanned the Thames Ironworks legacy, the club's 1900 rebrand, and the move to the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park in 1904.
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