Kingston had an injury riddled but decorated career. He was used mostly at full-forward and in 1961, his second season, kicked 79 goals to top the league's goalkicking. In the same year he represented South Australia at the Brisbane Carnival where he scored five goals against the Victorian Football League side and four against Western Australia to win selection in the All-Australian team. He went on to represent South Australia in a total of 15 interstate matches and kicked 47 goals. He won West Torren's 'Best and fairest' award in 1965.
References
^"The Aussie Ruler"(PDF). NSW Football History. South Western DFL. 6 August 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
Victoria (VFL) 16.23 (119) defeated South Australia 7.9 (51), at North Hobart Oval, 11 June 1966, crowd: 23,764 Western Australia 13.11 (89) defeated South Australia 10.14 (74), at North Hobart Oval, 13 June 1966, crowd: 13,969 South Australia 21.20 (146) defeated Victoria (VFA) 9.11 (65), at North Hobart Oval, 16 June 1966, crowd: 10,199 South Australia 14.7 (91) defeated Tasmania 9.13 (67), at North Hobart Oval, 18 June 1966, crowd: 23,368
