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Roger "Jack" Parker (September 27, 1915 – May 29, 1964) was an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon.

He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the decathlon where he won the bronze medal.

Parker was an all around track and field athlete from Lamoni High School in Lamoni, Iowa. In 1933, Parker fell three points shy of winning the Iowa state high school team championship single-handedly, winning six events at the state finals. He was invited to the National High School Championships held in Chicago, where he placed second in the long jump behind another high school star of his day, Jesse Owens. Parker was recruited to Sacramento City College, where he was coached by L. D. Weldon.

References

1. "8 Aug 1936, 18 - The Charlotte Observer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
2. "13 May 1933, Page 7 - The Des Moines Register at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Parker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012.
• Biography of Jack Parker

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Qualification	1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Harold Cagle (r) Ernest Crosbie Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Tom Deckard Foy Draper (r) Al Fitch (r) Glenn Hardin Chuck Hornbostel Johnny Kelley Ernest Koehler Don Lash James LuValle Albert Mangan Harold Manning Joe McCluskey Billy McMahon Ralph Metcalfe Eddie O'Brien (r) Jesse Owens Bob Packard Joe Patterson Eino Pentti Fritz Pollard Mack Robinson Archie San Romani Dale Schofield Harold Smallwood Roy Staley Forrest Towns Gene Venzke Archie Williams Harry Williamson John Woodruff Stanley Wudyka Frank Wykoff Bob Young (r) Louis Zamperini
Men's field athletes	Dave Albritton Lee Bartlett John Brooks Billy Brown Ken Carpenter Bob Clark Henry Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson Earle Meadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero Bill Rowe Bill Sefton Alton Terry Delos Thurber Jack Torrance Dudley Wilkins Walter Wood Dimitri Zaitz
Women's track athletes	Harriet Bland Anne O'Brien Tidye Pickett Betty Robinson (r) Annette Rogers Simone Schaller Helen Stephens
Women's field athletes	Alice Arden Betty Burch Evelyn Ferrara Kathlyn Kelley Annette Rogers Helen Stephens Gertrude Wilhelmsen Martha Worst
Non-competing relay pool members	Marty Glickman Olive Hasenfus Louise Stokes Sam Stoller Josephine Warren
Coaches	Lawson Robertson (men's head coach) Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach) Brutus Hamilton (men's assistant coach) Billy Hayes (men's assistant coach) Dee Boeckmann (women's coach)

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