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
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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
  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". Trove Newspapers. The Age.
  4. "Stawell Gift - Hall of Fame". Stawell Gift. Stawell Gift.


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