Jim Parker's Birth Card: The 5 of Spades

In the record

James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle and guard for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). The birth-card coordinate for April 3 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a Hall of Fame vote.

Wikipedia summary

James Thomas Parker was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle and guard for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1957 to 1967, and was a member of Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro in nine of his 11 seasons in the NFL. Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

The 5 of Spades coordinate

Jim Parker's birthday maps to the 5 of Spades (The Restless Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about induction and not a verdict on Jim Parker. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it. Life-direction language from the harvested meaning, not a biography: Your curriculum is learning that some truths require deep exploration. You're learning to sit with one idea long enough to integrate it. Under-expressed language from the same harvest: You freeze when the fight starts and treat the circumstance as the whole cause.

The public formula uses only month and day. Solar value equals fifty-five minus twice the month minus the day. Values one through fifty-two map onto the deck from the Ace of Hearts through the King of Spades. Solar value zero is December 31, published here as the Joker. Card Blueprints does not remap that boundary to the King of Spades on these pages. Leap-day February 29 is computed directly and is not folded onto February 28. The year of birth is unused. No reading is generated and nothing here forecasts a roster, a vote, a championship, or a career. Evidence sentences are copied from the Wikipedia extract without paraphrase. If a Hall of Fame biography or an infobox day disagrees with Wikidata, the person is omitted instead of reconciled by guesswork. Attribution stays on Wikidata, Wikipedia, and the Hall of Fame record. Gregorian day precision is required; Wikidata claims are CC0. Sitelinks and wbgetentities are the identity crosswalk. Conflicts stay uninvented. Remainder dates are not disambiguated by hand.

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Jim Parker in the public record

He played from 1957 to 1967, and was a member of Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro in nine of his 11 seasons in the NFL. Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973. Parker grew up in Macon, Georgia, and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes under coach Woody Hayes from 1954 to 1956. He helped the Buckeyes win a national championship in 1954. As a senior in 1956, he was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. Parker was born in 1934 in Macon, Georgia.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jim Parker (American football) (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Jim Parker, and not a forecast of induction.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

He played from 1957 to 1967, and was a member of Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: championship.

Also on the record

1. He grew up on a farm where he picked peaches and cotton as a boy.
2. He began playing football at age 13.
3. He played his first three years of high school football at Hudson and Ballard-Hudson High Schools in Macon.
4. He moved to Ohio before his senior year and played for Scott High School in Toledo.

Other inductees with this card

• Bart Starr — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Chuck Bednarik — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Cliff Battles — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Curtis Martin — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Michael Irvin — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Ollie Matson — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Robert Brazile — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

FAQ

What is Jim Parker's birth card?

The 5 of Spades. April 3 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Hall of Fame induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast honors, character, or fate.

Where do Jim Parker's dates come from?

Birth date 1934-04-03 is Wikidata P569 at day precision (CC0, Gregorian preferred) for Jim Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The Pro Football Hall of Fame ID is Wikidata P6930 (jim-parker). Wikipedia's day-precision infobox or lead (1934-04-03) matches. The Pro Football Hall of Fame bio day (1934-04-03) matches. Year-only dates and source conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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