Anthony Parker

Anthony Michael Parker (born June 19, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as in Italy and Israel.

After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe. There, Parker spent five seasons with the Israeli Super League basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and one season with the Italian Serie A club Lottomatica Roma. With Maccabi he won five Israeli Super League national championships, five Israeli National Cups, three European titles (2 Euroleague Basketball titles and the FIBA SuproLeague title in 2001), and was voted two consecutive times Euroleague MVP.

After returning to the NBA as a free agent in 2006, Parker was the Toronto Raptors' starting shooting guard. In his first season with the Raptors, Parker helped the team clinch their first ever division title, first NBA Playoffs berth in five years, and best regular season record in franchise history. He helped the Raptors reach the playoffs again in the 2007–08 season, before becoming a free agent in 2009.

Anthony Parker (American football)

Will Anthony Parker (born February 11, 1966) is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Minnesota Vikings. He attended McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona, before attending Arizona State University. His son, Colin, was a redshirt freshman at Arizona State University the 2007-2008 season.

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Anthony Parker (disambiguation)

Anthony Parker (born 1975) is an American retired basketball player.

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Anthony Parker (Canadian football)

Anthony Lawrence Parker (born November 21, 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. In the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings, he was ranked as the second best player for players eligible in the 2011 CFL Draft, and first by players in the CIS. On December 17, 2010, it was announced that Parker was one of two CIS players to be named to the East–West Shrine Game.

Professional career

Calgary Stampeders

Parker was drafted 3rd overall in the first round of the 2011 CFL Draft by the Calgary Stampeders after Calgary traded up to be in a position to draft him. He was later signed to a contract with the Stampeders on May 20, 2011.

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