done for his whole career. He was playing behind what came to be known as Kentucky's "Fab Five" of Alex Groza, Ralph Beard, Cliff Barker, Kenny Rollins and Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones, which is one of Kentucky's most famous all-time teams. Kentucky would go on to win the SEC regular season and tournament as well as the 1948 NCAA Championship, but Parkinson's role in the success was greatly reduced from two years prior. Despite this, he would end his career with a distinguished collection of championships and accolades, including: 1946 NIT champion 1946 Consensus second-team All-American 1948 NCAA champion 3× First-team All-Southeastern Conference 3× All-SEC tournament team 4× SEC regular season champion 4× SEC Tournament champion 851 career points in 106 games (8.02 ppg) 105–11 overall record in Parkinson's four seasons Jack Parkinson was selected in the 1949 BAA Draft by the Washington Capitols. He did not play in the league until , however, as a member of the Indianapolis Olympians. In only four career games, Parkinson scored three points. In addition to his brief NBA career, he also played with the Whiskered Wizards basketball team of St. Augustine, Florida, and with the Toledo Mercurys, who traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters. Later life Parkinson returned to Yorktown, Indiana and opened a wholesale plumbing and heating business in Muncie. He was elected into the Delaware County Athletic Hall of Fame and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. His son, Bruce G. Parkinson, was an All-American as a player at Purdue and still holds the school's record for career assists (690). Bruce led the Boilermakers to the 1974 NIT Championship and was the Captain of the 1975 Pan-Am Gold Medal Men's Basketball Team. Bruce was elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. The Parkinsons are one of a handful of father-son pairs who have been elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. His grandson, Austin Parkinson, is the current head coach of the women's basketball team at Butler University. Austin was an Academic All-Big Ten point guard at Purdue; following a celebrated career in HS (Indiana All-Star, over 1,665+ points). Jack Parkinson died on May 29, 1997, due to complications from a brain tumor. References External links Parkinson’s Kentucky game-by-game statistics at BigBlueHistory.net 1924 births 1997 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Deaths from brain cancer in the United States