Michael Bloor

I can't let Jack's passing go without comment either. He was my hero in those Rams teams of the late Fifties and early Sixties. He formed a great partnership with the other inside forward, George Darwin. Jack was an incredibly brave player: I'll never forget a diving header through a thicket of swinging boots to score the decisive second goal against Sunderland - right in front of the Boys Enclosure (admission 9 pence).

Great photos, great memories. Thanks loweman! Some memories of the Boys Enclosure, Normanton End, 9d entry, packed in like suffocating sardines:

1959 Cup 3rd Round Derby v. 1st Div Preston. 2-2, Jack Parry and George Darwin scored our goals. We were winning til Albert Mays conceded a daft penalty. The late great Tom Finney took their corners. In the Boys Enclosure, we were close enough to smell his embrocation. 

61-62 season. Derby 2 Shankley's LIverpool 0. Bill Curry flicked the ball over his and Big Ron Yeats's shoulders, ran round him like he was a stone post and scored a stunning goal. Pitch invasion at the end.

62-63 season. Derby 2 Sunderland 2. Jack Parry scored with an incredibly brave header, diving through a forest of legs and swinging boots. At the Normanton end, right in front of us.