Jim King (footballer) explained

Jim King
Fullname:James Bernard King
Birth Date:23 November 1873
Birth Place:Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Death Place:Holbrook, New South Wales
Originalteam:Rutherglen
Statsend:1905
Years1:1902–03
Games Goals1:15 (0)
Years2:1904–05
Games Goals2:13 (2)
Games Goalstotal:28 (2)

Jim King (23 November 1873 – 9 January 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

King was the brother of former St. Kilda Football Club player, Jack King and Stawell Gift winning trainer and 1908 Stawell Gift winner, Chris King.

King died in tragic circumstances when a tree fell on him after cleaning up after a bush fire on his land in Holbrook and crushed his skull.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1929 - Football Player Passes . Trove Newspapers . The Weekly Times . 26 January 1929. 72.
  2. Web site: 1929 - Tragedy at Holbrook . Trove Newspapers . The Corowa Free Press . 11 January 1929. 5.