John King (5 November 1926 – 11 January 2010) was an English footballer who played as a wing half for Leicester City in the 1940s and 1950s.King's Football League career stats at Neil Brown
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Great Gidding Great Gidding is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Great Gidding lies approximately north-west of Huntingdon. The village has a Church of England primary school, playing field, corner shop, ...

and first played for Peterborough United before joining Leicester in September 1943. He made 197

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appearances and played for the Foxes in the

1949 FA Cup Final The 1949 FA Cup Final was the 68th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 30 April 1949 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City. Wolves had finished sixth in the First Division that season and had s ...

, and remained with the club until July 1955.

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1926 births 2010 deaths People from Huntingdonshire Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Peterborough United F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players English men's footballers {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub