Sam Y. Parker

Samuel Epps Young Parker (May 12, 1880 – July 5, 1906) was a college football and baseball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. He was a member of Chi Delta. On the football team he was a fullback. Nash Buckingham selected Parker All-Southern in 1904. Parker was shot by lawyer James E. Fulton on July 5, 1906, as he stepped off a train in Helenwood. Fulton alleged his wife had been having an affair with Parker. Fulton later also died from a gunshot.