Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | William Henry King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: As of 13 February 2019 |
William ‘Bill’ King was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's foundation season of 1908.
Playing career
A fullback, King played for Eastern Suburbs club before joining the North Sydney club in 1912.
King was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that played against South Sydney in rugby league's first premiership decider.
King is remembered as the Sydney Roosters 26th player.
References
- "Bill King - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
External links
- The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, by Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
- History of the New South Wales Rugby League Finals, by Steve Haddan