Jack King (footballer, born 1879)
| Jack King | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John King | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 25 June 1965 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Rutherglen, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Rutherglen | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904 | St Kilda | 8 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jack King (15 January 1879 – 25 June 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who was recruited from the Rutherglen Football Club and played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
King played an incredible 26 years of senior football in the Ovens and Murray Football League (457 games), playing in 11 premierships with Rutherglen and was inducted into the O&MFL - Hall of Fame in 2008. [2]
King would later become a Stawell Gift winning athletic coach in 1908 (His younger brother, Chris King), 1952 (Lance Mann) and 1954 (John Hayes).
King would later convince dual Stawell Gift winner (1966 & 67) Bill Howard to take up professional running in 1964. [3]
King was inducted into the Stawell Gift - Hall of Fame. [4]
King was the older brother of former South Melbourne and St. Kilda player, Jim King.
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 481. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Jack King - 2008". Ovens and Murray FNL. O&MFNL.
- ^ "1966 - Bill Howard's Stawell Gift". Trove Newspapers. The Age.
- ^ "Stawell Gift - Hall of Fame". Stawell Gift. Stawell Gift.
External links
- Jack King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack King at AustralianFootball.com
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