Arthur C. Parkes was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional football player.

Career

Parkes played for both FC Sète

FC Sète

FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double....

 and Club Français

Club Français

Club Français was a French association football team based in Paris which was founded in 1890. Club Français won the Coupe de France Final 1931, its only major honour.The club played the first ever Division 1 season in 1932–33 but was relegated in Division 2...

 in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. In 1922, he was brought over to the country along with fellow countryman Billy Cornelius

Billy Cornelius

William "Billy" Cornelius was an English professional football player and manager.- Career :Cornelius was born in Belvedere, London in 1898. He played football for Belvedere & District, before venturing to France in 1922 to join FC Sète. Cornelius was brought over to the country along with fellow...

 by Victor Gibson

Victor Gibson

Victor Gibson was a Scottish professional football player and coach active throughout Europe.-Playing career:Gibson, a midfielder, played in his native Scotland for Morton and Falkirk, before playing in Spain with Espanyol, and in France with Olympique de Cette, FC Cette and Montpellier.-Coaching...

. With Sète, he played in the 1923 Coupe de France Final where the club was defeated by Red Star Olympique. In 1931, Parkes joined Club Français and won the Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

 in his first season. In 1932, he played in France's first-ever professional league championship.