Bob King (Australian footballer)

Bob King
Personal information
Full name Robert King
Date of birth (1894-08-12)12 August 1894
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 23 February 1979(1979-02-23) (aged 84)
Place of death Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s) Fitzroy Juniors[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1916–1921 Fitzroy (VFL) 63 (0)
1921, 1923 Williamstown (VFA) 30 (0)
Total 93 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert King (12 August 1894 – 23 February 1979) was an Australian rules football player with the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and with the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Family

The son of Robert King (1862-1936),[2] and Margaret Jane King (1869-1929), née Ryan,[3] Robert King was born at Fitzroy, Victoria on 12 August 1894.[4] Three of his nephews, Arthur Robert Hart (1917 –1981), Edward Ronald "Eddie" Hart (1922–1995), and Donald Clement "Don" Hart (1930–2018), also played for Fitzroy.

Football

Fitzroy (VFL)

He became a premiership player at Fitzroy, playing in the 1916 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Wally Johnson, with George Holden as coach. King made his debut against Carlton in Round 4 of the 1916 VFL season.[5]

Williamstown (VFA)

King, who worked at the Newport Railway Workshops, transferred to Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Williamstown during the 1921 VFL season, debuting in the round 10 match at the Williamstown Cricket Ground against Footscray, aged 26. He was best-on-ground at centre-half back in Williamstown's 1921 premiership victory over Footscray at Fitzroy's Brunswick Street Oval, and his spectacular marking in this game was still talked about years later.

King crossed to Williamstown Juniors as captain-coach in 1922 before returning to Williamstown for one final season in 1923. He played 29 games for Williamstown, without kicking a goal, in his two seasons with them (1921 and 1923).

  • Fitzroy (1916 VFL Premiers). King is fourth from left, third row.
    Fitzroy (1916 VFL Premiers).
    King is fourth from left, third row.
  • Williamstown (1921 VFA Premiers). King is fourth from left, back row.
    Williamstown (1921 VFA Premiers).
    King is fourth from left, back row.

Death

He died at Fitzroy, Victoria on 23 February 1979.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
  2. ^ Deaths: King, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 November 1936), p. 1.
  3. ^ Deaths: King, The Age, (Wednesday, 9 January 1929), p. 1.
  4. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.29054/1894.
  5. ^ "H to K". Brisbane Lions. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  6. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.5796/1979.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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