| George M. King | |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Bristol, Tennessee, US |
| Death Date: | 1963 |
| School: | Davidson Wildcats |
| Currentposition: | End |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | Davidson (1917) |
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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.
King was a prominent end for the Davidson Wildcats of Davidson University.[1]
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.