William Parks (sailor)

Bill Parks
Personal information
Full name	William Wilson "Bill" Parks
Born	December 11, 1921; Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Died	December 10, 2008 (aged 86); Glenview, Illinois
Sailing career
Club	Chicago Yacht Club
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing United States
Olympic Games

William W. Parks (1921–2008) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.

He and Robert Halperin won a bronze medal for the United States in the Star class (mixed two-person keelboat) at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Their yacht was the Shrew II.^[7]

Parks was born in Oak Park, Illinois on December 11, 1921. He died in Glenview, Illinois on December 10, 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bill Parks". olympedia.org. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ "Bill Parks". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
^ "Bob Halperin". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
^ "Olympic Games". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
^ Bernard Postal; Jesse Silver; Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Pub. Co. Retrieved July 12, 2011. robert sherman halperin.
^ "ISAF: Olympic Games: Past Editions: 1960 Rome Olympic Sailing Competition". Sailing.org. March 16, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ "Halperin, Robert "Buck"". Jews in Sports. January 26, 1908. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

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