| Philip King | |||
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball | ||
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| Biographical details | |||
| Born | March 16, 1872 Washington, D.C. | ||
| Died | January 7, 1938 (aged 65) Washington, D.C. | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position(s) | Quarterback | ||
| Head coaching record | |||
| Overall | 73–14–1 (football) | ||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||
| Championships 3 Western (1896, 1897, 1901) | |||
| Awards 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.[1][2]
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.
In 1903, King guided the Georgetown Blue and Gray to a 7–3 record.
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Wisconsin Badgers (Western Conference) (1896–1902) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Wisconsin | 7–1–1 | 2–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1897 | Wisconsin | 9–1 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1898 | Wisconsin | 9–1 | 2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1899 | Wisconsin | 9–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1900 | Wisconsin | 8–1 | 2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1901 | Wisconsin | 9–0 | 2–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1902 | Wisconsin | 6–3 | 1–3 | 6th | |||||
| Georgetown Blue and Gray (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Georgetown | 7–3 | |||||||
| Georgetown: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1905) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Wisconsin | 8–2 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| Wisconsin: | 66–11–1 | 17–8–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 73–14–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Bernstein, M.F. (2009). Princeton Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 9780738565842. https://books.google.com/books?id=jboJTyrkJagC. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Jews In American Sports; Phil King; Little Big Man". archive.is. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. https://archive.is/20130411015223/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OS1bcmEjU0EJ:www.jewsinsports.org/Publication.asp?titleID%3D3%26current_page%3D225+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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