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David King (footballer, born 1972)

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David King
King with Fox Footy in April 2017
Personal information
Full name David King
Nickname(s) Kingy
Date of birth (1972-03-07) 7 March 1972 (age 52)
Original team(s) Port Melbourne
Draft 46th overall, 1993 AFL Draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder/Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1994–2004 North Melbourne 241 (145)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1997–1999 Victoria ? (?)
International team honours
2000–2001 Australia ? (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2001.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David King (born 7 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After his playing career, he became a radio and television football commentator.

Football career

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He debuted for the Kangaroos in 1994 after being recruited from Port Melbourne Football Club at the age of 22. He went on to play 241 games and kicked 145 goals, winning premierships in 1996 and 1999.

He represented Victoria in State of Origin on more than one occasion, including in 1998. He is notable for holding a VFL/AFL record by playing in preliminary finals for seven consecutive years (along with teammates John Blakey, Wayne Carey, Mick Martyn, Corey McKernan & Craig Sholl) from his debut year in 1994 to 2000.

He was twice an AFL All-Australian and retired at the end of the 2004 season. He then joined the Richmond Football Club as an assistant coach in 2005.[1]

Post-playing career

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He is currently a commentator for Fox Footy and SEN 1116. King was awarded the Most Outstanding Television Special Comments award at the 2012 AFL Media Awards. [2] He also is a panellist on the Fox Footy show First Crack.

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On 19 February 2015, Australian media reported that King was being investigated by police about successful bets he made predicting the winner of the 2014 AFL Rising Star award. [3]

On 14 January 2019, King was fined for fleeing the scene of a car crash and drink driving in Melbourne in October 2018. King was driving his grey Nissan X-Trail at 12.10am on 3 October when he crashed into a stationary taxi at Southbank. Police later arrested King nearby at Crown Casino, after which he blew a blood alcohol reading of 0.10—twice the legal limit—fined $1200, had his licence suspended for 10 months, and had an interlock device fitted to his car.[4]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1994 North Melbourne 34 19 4 11 154 66 220 21 21 0.2 0.6 8.1 3.5 11.6 1.1 1.1
1995 North Melbourne 34 22 8 5 228 90 318 42 21 0.4 0.2 10.4 4.1 14.5 1.9 1.0
1996# North Melbourne 34 25 5 2 280 115 395 79 31 0.2 0.1 11.2 4.6 15.8 3.2 1.2
1997 North Melbourne 34 23 8 5 348 73 421 67 23 0.3 0.2 15.1 3.2 18.3 2.9 1.0
1998 North Melbourne 34 22 10 12 322 86 408 54 28 0.5 0.5 14.6 3.9 18.5 2.5 1.3
1999# North Melbourne 34 21 8 8 286 74 360 64 21 0.4 0.4 13.6 3.5 17.1 3.0 1.0
2000 North Melbourne 34 25 27 11 399 105 504 92 50 1.1 0.4 16.0 4.2 20.2 3.7 2.0
2001 North Melbourne 34 19 19 11 291 99 390 64 28 1.0 0.6 15.3 5.2 20.5 3.4 1.5
2002 North Melbourne 34 22 22 23 308 87 395 70 34 1.0 1.0 14.0 4.0 18.0 3.2 1.5
2003 North Melbourne 34 21 26 27 286 51 337 99 44 1.2 1.3 13.6 2.4 16.0 4.7 2.1
2004 North Melbourne 34 22 8 9 271 65 336 94 37 0.4 0.4 12.3 3.0 15.3 4.3 1.7
Career 241 145 124 3173 911 4084 746 338 0.6 0.5 13.2 3.8 16.9 3.1 1.4

References

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  1. ^ Ryan, Melissa (14 November 2004). "King is called upon for a mission to bring Tigers back to life".
  2. ^ "AFL Media Award Winners". 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  3. ^ Cowie, Tom (19 February 2015). "David King embroiled in police investigation over Rising Star bets: report".
  4. ^ "David King sanctioned for drink driving". 14 January 2019.
  5. ^ David King's player profile at AFL Tables
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