| Wins against Kentucky - 0 | Losses against Kentucky - 2 |
Alma Mater: Arkansas [1926]
Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Date Born: August 7, 1901
Date Died: April 19, 1982
Overall Record: 140-82 [11 Seasons]
| Date | Matchup | UK Result | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1937 | Centenary at Kentucky | W | 35 - 25 | - |
| 12/21/1936 | Centenary at Kentucky | W | 37 - 19 | - |
Obituary - Shreveport (LA) Times (April 20, 1982)
Curtis Parker
Graveside services for Mr. Curtis Parker will be held Wednesday April 21 at 11 a.m. at Forest Park Cemetery, with Rev. James Ellisor, Associate Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Osborn Funeral Home.
Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Martha Stark Parker of Shreveport.
One-time coach of the Centenary College Football Team, the famed Centenary Gentlemen, Curtis Parker later headed one of the largest gasoline and oil distributing companies in North Louisiana.
Born a Wilmer, Arkansas in 1901 and reared in Oklahoma, Parker graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1926 with this record: All-Southwest Conference End and All-Conference guard in basketball and captain in 1924 of the first basketball team fielded by the Razorbacks under the famed Coach Francis E. Schmidt. He also earned three letters on the Arkansas track team.
Parker coached at Centenary from 1926 to 1939, serving as varsity basketball coach for thirteen years, head football coach for six years and as Athletic Director six years. His team won three Southern Intercollegiate AA Championships.
For three years, 1937-39, he served as District Representative on the National Basketball Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Recently, he was named "Honorary Coach" by the University of Arkansas and was a member of the University of Arkansas' "Lettermen's Club".
In 1933, Parker had become interested in several independent service stations, and in 1940, after the "wolves" had howled at Centenary, he became associated with Parker-Holley Oil Co., Cities Service jobbers in the Shreveport area.
He served in the Army Transport Corps as a Captain from 19452-45 and, during this time, sold his interest in the jobbing firm. On his return from service, in 1945, Parker became a Commission Agent for Ralph Brandon.
A year later he became a sub-distributor, and in 1955 became head of his own company, the Curtis Parker Oil Co., AMOCO jobber in this area. He retired in 1975 and sold his jobbership to B.K. Eaves.
Parker was one of the founders of the Louisiana Oil Marketers Association, a statewide group of oil wholesalers, and in 1955 served as the associations' president.
He served on the National Jobber Advisory Committee of the American Petroleum Institute (API) and was active in the National Oil Jobbers Council.
He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Shreveport Club, and the Shreveport Petroleum Club. He was a former member of the Shreveport Stadium Athletic Committee and a board member of the Better Business Bureau.
Honorary Pallbearers: Members of Coach Parker's athletic teams.
