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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1917}}
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| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], Queensland<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=65737 |title=World War Two Nominal Roll:Richard Parton |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}</ref>
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[[File:L._Jackson_and_Dick_Parton_ca._1947_(27443050400).jpg | thumb | right | Parton with L. Jackson]]
		

'''Richard Parton''' (12 September 1917 – 20 April 2006) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who achieved notable success in his home state of Queensland.

Playing for [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Windsor]] in the [[AFL Queensland|Queensland Australian National Football League]], he was awarded the [[Grogan Medal]] in 1949<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49679928 |title=OLD RIVALS WILL MEET. |newspaper=The Courier Mail |location=Brisbane |date=9 September 1949 |page=9}}</ref> during the latter stages of his career. He represented his state in his sport numerous times over his career, including a match in 1939 against New South Wales in which he kicked nine goals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40850397 |title=PARTON UNBEATABLE IN THE AIR. |newspaper=The Courier Mail |location=Brisbane |date=10 July 1939 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dick Parton|url=http://www.aflq.com.au/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-p-t/dick-parton/|publisher=AFL Queensland|accessdate=29 January 2018}}</ref> He served as captain of the Queensland team between 1946 and 1947.

In 2003, he was named at centre half-forward in the Queensland Team of the Century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queensland Team of the 20th Century: Half Forward Line |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/QToC_half_forwards.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607202648/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/QToC_half_forwards.htm |archive-date=2011-06-07 |accessdate=29 January 2012 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Full Points Footy}}</ref>

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[[Category:Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Queensland]]
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]

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