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Sirr Parker
American gridiron football player (born 1977)
Sirr Eluan Parker is a former American football running back for Texas A&M University who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the Arena Football League (AFL).
Youth and high school
[edit]Sirr Parker, who was raised in South Central Los Angeles and graduated with honors from Alain Leroy Locke High School, was abandoned by his father when he was three, his mother, who struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse, and raised by his grandparents, and later Parker and his infant brother Donyea stayed with his aunt and uncle. Parker became the Los Angeles Times player of the year, first-team all-state and a second-team All-American pick by USA Today by leading the Los Angeles area in rushing (4,000 yards) and scoring (50 touchdowns) as a senior at Locke High School while playing for a team that went 0–9 that season. He was also the homecoming king and a
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Sirr Parker’s life story, now in its second act, continues to inspire
The story of Sirr Parker’s childhood was so compelling that Hollywood turned it into a Showtime movie.
All but abandoned by his parents and reared in poverty bygd his benevolent grandparents, gang-involved cousins and other relatives in South Los Angeles, Parker nevertheless flourished as a nearly straight-A lärjunge and heavily recruited running back at Locke High, earning a football scholarship to Texas A&M.
The movie inspired by his improbable story, “They Call Me Sirr,” made its broadcast debut in 2001, six years after the former homecoming king graduated from Locke.
“Even if this bio-pic wasn’t based on someone real,” Los Angeles Times reviewer Lynne Heffley wrote, “the story of a young man who perseveres against dire odds, takes responsibility for himself and others, cares about people and works hard toward attaining a goal would be a worthy subject for family viewing.”
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They Call Me Sirr
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