One of the nine inaugural inductees of the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame, he toured Australia three times, twice as captain of Great Britain, earning 17 Test caps.

in the 1913–14 Challenge Cup Final at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000,[3] He also won caps for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.

[4] Parkin decided he wanted to leave Wakefield Trinity in 1930, at the age of thirty-four, and he was put on the transfer list at £100 (equivalent to £7,986 in 2023).

Jonathan Parkin: Joined Trinity as a youth in 1913 from Sharlston and played his first senior game at Bradford Northern on 19 April 1913.

For many years Jonty Parkin was chosen as captain of Wakefield Trinity, Yorkshire and Great Britain, and that is sufficient proof of his ability.

[11] Parkin married Frances Akeroyd in 1926 and had six children, Patricia, Nadine, Willie (Bill), Geoff, Neal and Trevor, and 16 grandchildren.