John Anthony Parsons (20 February 1938 – 26 April 2004) was a British sports journalist and author.
John was born the son of Les Parsons and his wife Marion in Oxford on 20 February 1938.
In January 1981, Parsons came to the Daily Telegraph and succeeded Lance Tingay as tennis correspondent.
Beside his journalistic work, he published numerous books including The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Tennis (1998) and the Official Wimbledon Annual every year.
While reporting from the NASDAQ-100 Open at Miami in March 2004, he suffered an acute kidney failure and was brought to Mercy Hospital.