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Buddy Parker

Raymond Klein Parker

Position: BB-FB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 193 lbs.

Born: December 16, 1913 in Slaton, TX
Died: March 22, 1982 in Kaufman, TX
College: North Texas, Centenary

Playing Record

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1949 36 Chicago Cardinals NFL 12 6 5 1 .545 3 co-coach with Phil Handler
1951 38 Detroit Lions NFL 12 7 4 1 .636 2
1952 39 Detroit Lions NFL 12 9 3 0 .750 2 2 0 1.000 1 NFL Champions
1953 40 Detroit Lions NFL 12 10 2 0 .833 1 1 0 1.000 1 NFL Champions
1954 41 Detroit Lions NFL 12 9 2 1 .818 1 0 1 .000 1
1955 42 Detroit Lions NFL 12 3 9 0 .250 6
1956 43 Detroit Lions NFL 12 9 3 0 .750 2
1957 44 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 12 6 6 0 .500 3
1958 45 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 12 7 4 1 .636 3
1959 46 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 12 6 5 1 .545 4
1960 47 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 12 5 6 1 .455 5
1961 48 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 14 6 8 0 .429 5
1962 49 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 14 9 5 0 .643 2
1963 50 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 14 7 4 3 .636 4
1964 51 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 14 5 9 0 .357 6
15 yrs 188 104 75 9 .581 4 3 1 .750 3.2 Avg Finish
8 yrs PIT 104 51 47 6 .520 0 0 0 4.0
6 yrs DET 72 47 23 2 .671 4 3 1 .750 2.2
1 yr CRD 12 6 5 1 .545 0 0 0 3.0

Games over .500: 29
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 2
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 3

Team's Ranks

Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1949 CRD 10 4 2 4 7 5 2 4 5 3 2 1 5 7 8 4 5 7 8 7 1 3 7 6 8 1 10 10 7 1 8
1951 DET 12 4 7 4 4 3 2 1 10 6 9 3 1 4 3 1 5 2 7 5 11 5 3 5 2 4 11 11 8 12 8
1952 DET 12 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 10 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 12 10 2 2 6
1953 DET 12 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 7 3 4 10 6 4 5 4 5 2 2 7 7 3 6 8 5 5 3 1 6
1954 DET 12 1 3 2 4 3 1 3 7 6 5 4 1 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 6 5 5 5 4 10 7 6 1 2 5
1955 DET 12 12 8 10 7 4 8 5 11 10 9 9 8 1 2 7 6 4 10 9 6 7 7 8 9 1 4 10 10 11 12
1956 DET 12 2 3 2 2 3 2 7 3 5 2 7 3 4 3 7 9 2 6 3 2 1 3 1 6 7 9 7 3 2 6
1957 PIT 12 6 1 9 7 11 12 4 9 12 12 12 10 4 9 9 3 11 1 2 3 5 3 1 3 1 3 2 4 4 3
1958 PIT 12 6 6 6 2 3 5 7 6 8 6 9 9 7 1 7 6 1 3 4 2 7 5 7 3 4 7 2 2 3 4
1959 PIT 12 8 7 5 4 7 5 6 7 10 10 10 4 5 6 2 10 8 2 4 6 6 3 3 2 10 2 3 2 2 6
1960 PIT 13 9 10 10 10 3 8 7 5 7 8 8 9 9 3 4 5 1 12 9 10 10 5 7 3 6 12 13 10 10 12
1961 PIT 14 10 13 9 8 11 8 14 1 11 10 13 13 12 11 4 14 6 2 7 3 1 1 5 3 3 14 8 11 5 4
1962 PIT 14 4 7 9 8 9 6 5 1 2 4 7 1 13 13 12 7 11 8 11 9 2 2 4 6 14 13 12 13 2 7
1963 PIT 14 6 3 8 8 3 6 3 1 3 7 11 3 10 5 7 4 2 11 8 3 5 6 8 8 3 9 11 7 4 13
1964 PIT 14 11 12 11 10 10 11 11 2 4 5 6 6 13 14 13 11 13 7 9 14 12 13 8 14 9 6 3 4 13 6
15 yrs %tile 63 64 58 62 64 65 62 67 57 55 52 66 53 60 62 53 65 60 64 67 67 70 70 66 64 42 47 62 69 51
8 yrs PIT 50 52 44 54 53 49 54 75 52 48 35 55 39 50 53 51 57 65 57 61 61 72 67 69 60 46 58 58 67 56
6 yrs DET 78 75 75 75 79 81 72 57 61 60 67 83 72 79 74 56 81 58 76 69 72 72 76 68 64 42 40 71 67 49
1 yr ARI 70 90 70 40 60 90 70 60 80 90 100 60 40 30 70 60 40 30 40 100 80 40 50 30 100 10 10 40 100 30

Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1949 36 NFL Chicago Cardinals Head Coach
1951 38 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1952 39 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1953 40 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1954 41 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1955 42 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1956 43 NFL Detroit Lions Head Coach
1957 44 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1958 45 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1959 46 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1960 47 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1961 48 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1962 49 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1963 50 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach
1964 51 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach