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Marjorie Parker (figure skater)

Marjorie Parker Smith
Personal information
Country represented  United States
Born c. 1917
Died January 17, 2009(2009-01-17)
Former partner Howard Meredith
Joseph Savage
George Boltres

Marjorie Parker Smith (c. 1917 – January 17, 2009) was an American figure skater who competed in ice dancing, pair skating, single skating, and fours in the latter part of the 1930s.

Nearly fifty years later, she again gained championship status in running the 300-yard and the 600-yard dashes.

Parker Smith was a member of the first official United States Ice Dancing Championship team and an inductee in the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Class of 2009. She also was on the Board of Directors of the Society of Old Brooklynites where she was a life member. Parker Smith devoted many hours of volunteer service to NYC-based WABC Radio's 'Call For Action' program.

She died at age of 92 on January 17, 2009 at her home in Brooklyn, New York. She was survived by five children and three grandchildren.

Parker Smith was inducted into United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame January 23, 2009 in the “Golden” category at the 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland.

(with Howard Meredith)

(with Joseph Savage)

(with George Boltres)

(with Nettie Prantel, Joseph Savage, and George Boltres)


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