Fred King
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Position: | Halfback |
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Born: | March 4, 1912 New York, New York , United States |
Died: | January 11, 2003 United States | (aged 90)
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College: | Hobart |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Fred James King (March 4, 1912 — January 11, 2003) was a professional football player who played one game in the National Football League during the 1937 season as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers were a team based in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1987, King became a member of the Hobart College hall of fame.
He was the first Hobart Statesman to play in the NFL, and the last to be drafted until Ali Marpet was drafted in 2015 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
King has two daughters, Freddi-Jean and Donna.[1]
References[]
- ^ Cutillo, Mike (April 12, 2015). "Hobart's once and future King". Finger Lakes Times. Geneva, New York. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
Categories:
- 2003 deaths
- Hobart Statesmen football players
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
- American football halfbacks
- 1912 births