Background
Parr was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Parr was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
He played as an inside forward. Parr was capped for the England amateur team He was the nephew of England international football player Willie Hall.
While a player for Newark-based team Ransome & Marles, Parr was selected for The Rest to oppose the England Amateur eleven in an international trial in January 1939.
Later that month he travelled as reserve for the amateur international against Ireland in Belfast. Parr joined Third Division North club Lincoln City – he worked in Lincoln for the Post Office – and made his debut in the opening match of the first post-war Football League season.
He missed only three games that season, and in February was selected for the amateur international against Northern Ireland at Southport, replacing the injured Maurice Edelston. The Daily Express"s Robert Findlay likened his style to that of Scotland international inside forward Tommy Walker, "superb ball control, quietly effective, a good tactician", and suggested that "professional clubs have been offering the moon and stars for his signature".
Parr played in around half Lincoln"s matches in the Second Division as they were relegated after only one season at the higher level, and appeared just six times more for the club"s first team
