| Seff Parry | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arnold Sefton Parry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1907-08-17)17 August 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide,South Australia[2] | ||
| Date of death | 29 July 1980(1980-07-29) (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Perth,Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Henley and Grange (SAAFL) | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1929–1932, 1934 | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| 1933 | Fitzroy (VFL) | 5 (3) | |
| 1935–1938, 1949 | East Perth (WANFL) | 56 (98)[3] | |
| 1945 | Subiaco (WANFL) | 1 (0) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1945, 1947 | Subiaco | ||
| 1949 | East Perth | 18 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Arnold Sefton "Seff" Parry (17 August 1907 – 29 July 1980)[4] was anAustralian rules footballer who played withWest Adelaide in theSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL),Fitzroy in theVictorian Football League (VFL) andEast Perth in theWestern Australian National Football League (WANFL).[5] He coached bothSubiaco and East Perth.
Born inAdelaide, Parry started his career in theSouth Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), withHenley and Grange.[6] He began playing for West Adelaide in 1929 and remained with the club until 1932.[7]
Parry, a rover, was cleared to Fitzroy just before the beginning of the1933 VFL season and made his league debut in the opening round, againstNorth Melbourne atArden Street.[8] He made four further appearances that season, the last in round 11.[9]
He returned to West Adelaide in 1934 and that year became the second member of his family to be an interstate representative, when he representedSouth Australia in Perth.[10] His brotherCyril was also aSouth Australian representative, but in cricket.[11] The brothers both playeddistrict cricket forWest Torrens.[12]
From 1935 to 1938, Parry played for East Perth.[10][13] Parry was believed to have been the first player from the eastern states in over 20 years to appear for the club and also had the distinction of having played in all three major football leagues in successive seasons.[14] He was East Perth's joint leading goal-kicker in 1935 and a member of the team that defeatedClaremont to win the 1936 premiership.[15][16]
Parry was appointed coach of Subiaco in 1945.[10] Although retired, he made one appearance as a player that season.[17] He was replaced byFrank Murphy the following year but returned as coach in 1947, when Murphy didn't reapply for the role.[18]
He coached East Perth in 1949, to fifth position, which wasn't enough to keep the job in 1950.[19] Late in the season, due to an injury crisis, Parry was again called out of retirement to take the field.[20]
