| Leo King | |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1955 |
| Originalteam: | North Shore |
| Height: | 198 cm |
| Weight: | 85 kg |
| Statsend: | 1981 |
| Years1: | 1981 |
| Club1: | Geelong |
| Games Goals1: | 4 (8) |
Leo King (born 10 September 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
King, a local North Shore recruit, was a member of Geelong's 1980 reserves premiership team.[1] [2] A forward/ruckman, King had a short but eventful time in the seniors, all four of his games coming in the 1981 season.[3] He kicked three goals on his league debut, in round six against Melbourne, at the unfamiliar Sydney Cricket Ground.[3] [4] The following week he again kicked three, two in the final quarter, to help Geelong secure a narrow three point win over Hawthorn.[3] [5] His only appearance at his home ground, Kardinia Park, came in round eight, when Geelong went down to Carlton by five points.[3] King had a chance to put his team in front in the dying minutes when he marked 15 metres from goal, on a 45 degree angle, but missed his shot.[6] Geelong's round nine win over Fitzroy was King's final senior appearance.[3] He finished the year with another reserves premiership.[7]
In 1982 he began playing for Werribee and won their best and fairest award that year.[8] [9] He played for them again in 1983, then switched to Geelong West in 1984.[10] From 1985 to 1988, then again in 1994, King was coach of Portland in the Western Border Football League.[11] He won the league's best and fairest award in 1985, a premiership year.[12] [13] In 1986, King steered Portland to a second successive premiership.[13]