Jim King (footballer)

Jim King
Personal information
Full name	James Bernard King
Date of birth	(1873-11-23)23 November 1873
Place of birth	Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Date of death	9 January 1929(1929-01-09) (aged 55)
Place of death	Holbrook, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Rutherglen
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1902–03	South Melbourne	15 (0)
1904–05	St Kilda	13 (2)
Total		28 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim King (23 November 1873 – 9 January 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

King was the brother of former St. Kilda Football Club player, Jack King and Stawell Gift winning trainer and 1908 Stawell Gift winner, Chris King.

King died in tragic circumstances when a tree fell on him after cleaning up after a bush fire on his land in Holbrook and crushed his skull.^[2][3]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 481. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "1929 - Football Player Passes". The Weekly Times. 26 January 1929. p. 72 – via Trove Newspapers.
3. "1929 - Tragedy at Holbrook". The Corowa Free Press. 11 January 1929. p. 5 – via Trove Newspapers.

External links

• Jim King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jim King at AustralianFootball.com