George M. King

George Millard King (June 21, 1896 – 1963) was an American college football player. He was president of King Brothers Shoe Co. in Bristol, Tennessee until his death in 1963. He was a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees and was President of the Davidson College Alumni Association in 1954–55.

George M. King
Davidson Wildcats
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1896-06-21)June 21, 1896
Bristol, Tennessee
Died:1963
Career history
CollegeDavidson (1917)
Career highlights and awards

Davidson

King was a prominent end for the Davidson Wildcats of Davidson University.[1]

1917

He King captain of the team in 1917, a year in which he was selected All-Southern.[2] Of the Georgia Tech team, the first national champion from the South and for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced,[3] whose closest game was a 32 to 10 victory over Davidson, King said “I consider Georgia Tech the best football team I have ever played against or ever expect to play against.”[4] One description reads "King's catch of a pass in the Georgia Tech game, with a gallop for a touchdown, was almost miraculous".[5] King participated in one of the great upsets in Southern football history as the Wildcats bested the Auburn Tigers 21–7.[6] King scored one touchdown off a muffed punt, and would've had another on a pass reception had he not fumbled the ball out of the endzone.[6] As Auburn was considered second best in the south at the time, some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year.[7] H. M. Grey and a young Buck Flowers were Davidson teammates.

References
  1. "George King '18". Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1918.
  3. Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating The Big Game. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 0313284040.
  4. (16 November 2010) In "Technique Newsletter Volume 07, Issue 11." Retrieved November 16, from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/26083
  5. "Georgetown Lands Four Players On All-South Atlantic Team For '17". The Washington Times. December 3, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Dick Jemison (November 11, 1917). "Ralph Flowers, Demon Halfback, Defeats Auburn". Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com. Part 1 Part 2 open access
  7. Bernie McCarty (February 1988). "Georgia Tech's 1917 backfield, better than the Four Horsemen Part 1" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 1 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
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