Paul Barbour "Shorty" Parker (July 9, 1898 â March 12, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal SchoolâÂÂrenamed Ball State Teachers College in 1929 and now known as Ball State UniversityâÂÂfrom 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 3âÂÂ9âÂÂ2. Parker was also the head basketball coach at Ball State from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 55âÂÂ34.
Parker was born in 1898, in Greentown, Indiana, to Edmund L. and Elizabeth Parker. He attended school in Kokomo, Indiana, graduating from Kokomo High School in 1917. Parker served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army during World War I, before attending Indiana University.
Parker died on March 12, 1960, in Springfield, Ohio.