- Name
- Glen Parker
- Position
- Guard
- Class
- Freshman
- Hometown (Last School)
- Chrisney, IN
- Ht
- 5'10"
- Wt
- 170
- Seasons
- 1943-44
- Birthday
- February 13, 1925
Glen Parker was born Glen Kenneth Parker in Spencer County, Indiana on February 13, 1925, to Walter and Thelma (Barton) Parker. He was nicknamed “Bud.” His brother Clyde Parker also played at Kentucky.
Parker graduated from Chrisney High School in 1943 and went to the University of Kentucky on a basketball scholarship. He left school early to enter military service in December of 1943. He was inducted into the military on January 18, 1944.
Parker served his country for 2 years in the Army Air Corps as a gunnery flight instructor on B-29s. He then received a degree in business from the University of Louisville.
Glen spent over 25 years with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, retiring in July 1990 as the Regional Property Claims Coordinator. During this time he worked in Evansville and West Lafayette, Ind.
He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge in Rockport, Ind., and the Scottish Rite and Hadi Temple Shrine in Evansville, where he was a member of the Directors staff. Bud was also a member of the Swords of Bunker Hill in Evansville and the Order of Ha-Ya-Ka-Wa in Sacramento, Calif. Glen was a longtime member of St. John’s East, where he served as a trustee on the church council.
Glen K. “Bud” Parker, 84, of Evansville, Ind., passed away at 2:15 p.m. on May 7, 2009, at the VNA Charlier Hospice Center.
Front Row (l to r): Ed Allin, Rudy Yessin, Glen Parker, Charles Fox, Bob Stamper, John Brown
Middle Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Walter Johnson, Jack Parkinson, Nate Buis, Don Whitehead, Harry Gorham
Back Row: Tom Moseley, Wilbur Schu, Bob Brannum, George Vulich, Truett DeMoisey, Bill Cravens, Jack Tingle
