Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Clarence "Ace" Parker shown in this undated photo. (Associated Press)

Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Ace Parker circa 1940. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

Clearance (Ace) Parker of Portsmouth, Virginia on Feb. 8, 1972, displays pictures of the playing days after receiving news he had been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Called the last of the great triple-threat quarterbacks of pro football, Parker is now a staff scout with the San Francisco 49ers. (Associated Press)

Clarence Ace Parker, former Duke University football star, is playing centerfield for the Atlanta Crackers, Southern association club in Atlanta on June 5, 1937. During the past spring he trained with the Athletics, which team farmed him to the Crackers for seasoning. He is shown above batting. (Associated Press)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1972 included Lamar Hunt, Gino Marchetti, Ollie Matson, and Clarence (Ace) Parker pose with their busts. (Rod Hanna/NFL)

The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers pose for a team photo. They finished with a 4-4-3 record. Hall of Fame offensive tackle Frank " Bruiser " and Hall of Fame quarterback Clarence "Ace" Parker were on the team. (Photo by Pro Football Hall Of Fame/NFL)

Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famers, Clarence "Ace" Parker and Frank "Bruiser" Kinard circa 1939. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

In 1940, Parker won Most Valuable Player honors in the NFL even though he had suffered a broken left ankle in a summer baseball game that year. For the first three weeks of the season, he had to wear a 10-pound brace that extended from his ankle to his knee. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Ace Parker circa 1940. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1940s were a constant threat to the New York Giants and Washington Redskins for supremacy in their division and Parker was the guiding force of the Dodgers attack. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1972 included Lamar Hunt, Gino Marchetti, Ollie Matson, and Clarence (Ace) Parker pose with their busts. (National Football League)

Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Ace Parker circa 1940. (Pro Football Hall of Fame)

Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Ace Parker circa 1940. (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

Ace Parker, right, former Duke Athlete who won the national football league's 1940 award as most valuable player, signs February 5, 1941 in New York a two-year contract with the football Dodgers. At the signing were Dodger owner Dan Topping, left, and Coach Jock Sutherland. (Associated Press)