Emma King (born 28 June 1994) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league ...

competition.

Early life and state league football

King began playing competitive football at the age of eight. In her junior years she would play for Quinns Districts Football Club in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

, before moving on to play in Western Australia's youth girls competition at the age of fourteen. King plays state league football with the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League. She was a member of the club's 2015 premiership team. As part of her AFLW contract she is required to return to the club at the conclusion of the national league season. In 2015, King was selected as the first overall pick in the women's AFL exhibition series draft by the . She played with the club's representative team again in 2016 as part of the women's all-star match. King is also a two-time Western Australian state representative.

AFL Women's career

Collingwood

In July 2016, King was signed by as one of two marquee players ahead of the AFL Women's inaugural season. She made her league debut in round 1,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

, in the club and the league's inaugural match at

Ikon Park Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venu ...

against . In round 2, she recorded a league best thirty-three hit-outs. She was praised in the media for her match by Collingwood coach Wayne Siekman. At the end of the season, King was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team. On 19 May 2017, King was signed by Collingwood for the 2018 AFLW season.

North Melbourne

After two seasons at Collingwood, King joined who entered the AFLW competition in 2019. It was revealed she signed on with the club for two more seasons on 17 June 2021, tying her to the club until the end of 2023. King achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team, after leading the league for the best hitout-to-advantage to rate, with a rate of 24.1 percent.

Statistics

: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season'' , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

, , 60 , , 7 , , 0 , , 1 , , 28 , , 14 , , 42 , , 7 , , 8 , , bgcolor=FA8072 , 199^§ , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 4.0 , , 2.0 , , 6.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.1 , , bgcolor=FA8072 , 28.4^§ , , 3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

, , 60 , , 7 , , 1 , , 2 , , 49 , , 7 , , 56 , , 15 , , 14 , , 125 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 7.0 , , 1.0 , , 8.0 , , 2.1 , , 2.0 , , 17.9 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , 60 , , 7 , , 8 , , 5 , , 34 , , 14 , , 48 , , 15 , , 23 , , 125 , , 1.1 , , 0.7 , , 4.9 , , 2.0 , , 6.9 , , 2.1 , , 3.3 , , 17.9 , , 7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

, , 60 , , 7 , , 4 , , 3 , , 27 , , 16 , , 43 , , 10 , , 25 , , 66 , , 0.6 , , 0.4 , , 3.9 , , 2.3 , , 6.1 , , 1.4 , , 3.6 , , 9.4 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, , 60 , , 10 , , 6 , , 4 , , 41 , , 27 , , 68 , , 22 , , 20 , , bgcolor=FFBBFF , 194^‡ , , 0.6 , , 0.4 , , 4.1 , , 2.7 , , 6.8 , , 2.2 , , 2.0 , , 19.4 , , 4 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 38 ! 19 ! 15 ! 179 ! 78 ! 257 ! 69 ! 90 ! 709 ! 0.5 ! 0.4 ! 4.7 ! 2.1 ! 6.8 ! 1.8 ! 2.4 ! 18.7 ! 14

Personal life

Outside of football King has a university degree in architecture. She is also a member of the

AFL Players Association The AFL Players Association (AFL PA, also simply known as AFL Players) is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) players. The AFL PA promotes and protects its membe ...

women's advisory committee. She has a twin sister and together they are one of two sets of twins in the same family.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Emma Living people 1994 births Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia All-Australians (AFL Women's) North Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players