George Millard King (June 21, 1896 – 1963) was an American
college football
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Unlike most ...
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.
Davidson
King was a prominent
end for the
Davidson Wildcats
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of
Davidson University.
1917
He King
captain
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of the team in
1917
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January
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, a year in which he was selected
All-Southern.
Of the
Georgia Tech team, the first
national champion from the
South
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and for many years considered the greatest football team the South ever produced, 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.” One description reads "King's catch of a pass in the Georgia Tech game, with a gallop for a touchdown, was almost miraculous".
[ ] King participated in one of the great upsets in Southern football history as the Wildcats bested the
Auburn Tigers
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21–7.
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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.
[ As Auburn was considered second best in the south at the time, some would call Davidson the second best southern team that year.]
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Place of death missing
1963 deaths
1896 births
American football ends
All-Southern college football players
Davidson Wildcats football players
People from Bristol, Tennessee
Players of American football from Tennessee