Jack King (footballer, born 1879)

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]

Jack King
Personal information
Full name John King
Date of birth (1879-01-15)15 January 1879
Place of birth Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death 25 June 1965(1965-06-25) (aged 86)
Place of death Rutherglen, Victoria
Original team(s) Rutherglen
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 St Kilda 8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
  • Inducted into the Stawell Gift Hall of Fame
  • Played in 11 O&MFL Premiership with Rutherglen
  • 2003 – Rutherglen – Team of the Century
  • 2008: O&MFL Hall of Fame
  • Played in 11 O&MFL Premierships
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

King played an incredible 26 years of senior football in the Ovens and Murray Football League, 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
  1. 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.
  2. "Hall of Fame - Jack King - 2008". Ovens and Murray FNL. O&MFNL.
  3. "1966 - Bill Howard's Stawell Gift". The Age. 15 April 2006 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. "Stawell Gift – Hall of Fame". Stawell Gift. Stawell Gift.


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