American football player, coach, and lawyer (1872–1938)
Philip King Biographical details Born (1872-03-16)March 16, 1872Washington, D.C. , U.S. Died January 7, 1938(1938-01-07) (aged 65) Playing career Football 1890–1893 Princeton
Position(s) Quarterback Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football 1896–1902 Wisconsin 1903 Georgetown 1905 Wisconsin Baseball 1897 Wisconsin 1899 Georgetown 1900–1901 Wisconsin
Head coaching record Overall 73–14–1 (football) Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 Western (1896, 1897, 1901) Awards 3× Consensus All-American (1891 , 1892 , 1893 )
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Philip King (March 16, 1872 – January 7, 1938) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He played quarterback for the Princeton Tigers football team of Princeton University from 1890 to 1893, and was selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1891, 1892, and 1893. After his playing days, he served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1896 to 1902 and again in 1905, and at Georgetown University in 1903, compiling a career college football record of 73–14–1. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1962.
Early life
King, who was Jewish, was born in Washington, D.C.
Coaching career
At Wisconsin, King compiled a 66–11–1 (.853) record. The Badgers had four nine-win seasons during his tenure. King's 1896 and 1897 teams won the first two football championships of the Big Ten Conference , then known as the Western Conference. King's 1901 Wisconsin team went 9–0, outscored its opponents 317–5, and tied with Michigan for another conference title. His 66 wins was the most of any head coach in program history until Barry Alvarez passed him in 1999.
In 1903, King guided the Georgetown Blue and Gray to a 7–3 record.
Head coaching record
Football
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References
Bernstein, M.F. (2009). Princeton Football ISBN 9780738565842
"Jews In American Sports; Phil King; Little Big Man" . archive.is. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2014.{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
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