George Parris
Parris at Upton Park on 2 May 2015
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Michael Parris | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Barking, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1993 | West Ham United | 239 | (12) |
| 1993–1995 | Birmingham City | 39 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Brentford (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Bristol City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 1995 | IFK Norrköping | 4 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 56 | (3) |
| 1997 | Southend United | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Kettering Town (loan) | ||
| 1997–1998 | St Leonards | ||
| – | Shoreham | ||
| National team | |||
| England Schoolboys | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| – | Shoreham (player-manager) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Whitehawk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George Michael R. Parris (born 11 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer.
Parris was born in Barking, Greater London. He played district, county and national football for Redbridge, Greater London, and England Under 15 as a schoolboy. He was invited to train at West Ham United when he was 13 and signed as an apprentice in July 1981 when he left school.
Parris turned professional the following year in September 1982. A lengthy spell of reserve team football followed before he made his First Division debut in the final match of the 1984–85 season at home against Liverpool in May 1985. He made a handful of appearances in the first half of the 1985–86 season, then replaced the injured Steve Walford at left-back and impressed as the West Ham won 11 of their last 14 games to finish third in the table. Parris made 48 league and cup games appearances in the 1986–87 season. The arrival of left-back Tommy McQueen in March 1987 saw Parris move briefly to midfield but he returned to the left-back position for much of the 1987–88 season until the arrival of Julian Dicks in March 1988, whose form led to Parris playing at right-back or midfield for most of the rest of his career at West Ham.
He made 32 league and cup appearance in the 1988–89 season as West Ham reached the semi-finals of the League Cup but were relegated to Division Two, and 49 league and cup appearances in the 1989–90 season as West Ham again reached the semi-finals of the League Cup. He made 55 league and cup appearances in the 1990–91 season, returning to left-back when Julian Dicks suffered a severe knee injury in October 1990, scoring in four successive games in January 1991 and helping West Ham to promotion back to the First Division and to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. His performances that season saw him voted as runner-up to Ludek Miklosko as 'Hammer of the Year'. Parris made only 27 league and cup appearances in the 1991–92 season; he suffered a knee injury against Aston Villa on Boxing Day that required surgery, and then collapsed during his comeback game against Arsenal in March 1992 with a suspected heart-related problem. He returned to the first team in the opening game of the 1992–93 season against Barnsley and made 18 league and cup appearances before Birmingham City made an offer for him in March 1993. Parris had made 300 first-team appearances for West Ham, scoring 20 goals. In April 1995, after he had left the club, Parris was granted a testimonial by West Ham. Played in front of only 1,382 fans a West Ham team lost 3–2 to Ipswich Town at The Boleyn Ground.
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