King, Phillip
Football
b. March 16, 1872, Washington, DC
d. Jan. 7, 1938
King was only 5-foot-6, but he weighed 190 pounds, most of it muscle. In four years as a starting back at Princeton, he scored 50 touchdowns and kicked 56 conversions. During that period, 1890 through 1893, the team won 46 games while losing only 4 and tying 1.
As a senior in 1893, King was the Princeton captain. At that time, the captain really coached the team, and King developed an open style of offense featuring long laterals, often two or three on a single play. Princeton won all 11 of its games that season, outscoring the opposition, 270 to 14.
An All-American at quarterback in 1891 and 1893 and at halfback in 1892, King coached the University of Wisconsin from 1896 through 1902 and in 1905, compiling a 63-11-2 record. He coached Georgetown to a 7-3-0 record in 1903.