What is Tony Parkes?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Tony Parkes | image = | fullname = Anthony Parkes | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/66 66]}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|5|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], England | death_date = | currentclub = | position = [[Midfielder]] | years1 = 1969–1970 | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | clubs1 = [[Buxton F.C.|Buxton]] | years2 = 1970–1982 | caps2 = 350 | goals2 = 38 | clubs2 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] | manageryears1 = 1986–1987 | managerclubs1 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears2 = 1991 | managerclubs2 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears3 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs3 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears4 = 1998 | managerclubs4 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears5 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs5 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears6 = 2004 | managerclubs6 = [[Blackburn Rovers]] ([[caretaker manager]]) | manageryears7 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs7 = [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] ([[caretaker manager]]) }} '''Anthony Parkes''' (born 5 May 1949) is an English former professional [[association football|footballer]]. He is known for playing and managing [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]] from 1969 to 2009. In 2020, Parkes revealed that he had been diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-51356850 | title=Tony Parkes: Blackburn Rovers legend reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis