George M. King
| Davidson Wildcats | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 21, 1896 Bristol, Tennessee, US |
| Died: | 1963 |
| Career history | |
| College | Davidson (1917) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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George Millard King (June 21, 1896 – 1963) was an American college football player. He was president of King Brothers Shoe Co. in Bristol, Tennessee until his death in 1963. He was a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees and was President of the Davidson College Alumni Association in 1954–55.
Davidson
[edit]King was a prominent end for the Davidson Wildcats of Davidson University.[1]
1917
[edit]He King captain of the team in 1917, a year in which he was selected All-Southern.[2] Of the Georgia Tech team, the first national champion from the South and for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced,[3] whose closest game was a 32 to 10 victory over Davidson, King said “I consider Georgia Tech the best football team I have ever played against or ever expect to play against.”[4] One description reads "King's catch of a pass in the Georgia Tech game, with a gallop for a touchdown, was almost miraculous".[5] King participated in one of the great upsets in Southern football history as the Wildcats bested the Auburn Tigers 21–7.[6] King scored one touchdown off a muffed punt, and would've had another on a pass reception had he not fumbled the ball out of the endzone.[6] As Auburn was considered second best in the south at the time, some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year.[7] H. M. Grey and a young Buck Flowers were Davidson teammates.
References
[edit]- ^ "George King '18". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ^ Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1918.
- ^ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating The Big Game. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 0313284040.
- ^ (16 November 2010) In "Technique Newsletter Volume 07, Issue 11." Retrieved November 16, from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/26083
- ^ "Georgetown Lands Four Players On All-South Atlantic Team For '17". The Washington Times. December 3, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Dick Jemison (November 11, 1917). "Ralph Flowers, Demon Halfback, Defeats Auburn". Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com. Part 1 Part 2
- ^ Bernie McCarty (February 1988). "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 1" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 1 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
