Jack King (footballer, born 1879)

Jack King
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
1904	St Kilda
	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

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". The Age. 15 April 2006 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "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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[encyc-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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