Richard King (American football)
| Date of birth | February 9, 1895 |
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| Place of birth | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Date of death | October 16, 1930 (aged 35) |
| Place of death | Bogota, Colombia |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Halfback, Fullback, Wingback, Tailback |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| College | Harvard |
| High school | Boston Latin |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1916 | Wisconsin (backfield) |
| 1917–1919 | Pine Village |
| As player | |
| 1917–1919 | Pine Village |
| 1919–1921 | Hammond Pros |
| 1922 | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 1922 | Rochester Jeffersons |
| 1923 | St. Louis All-Stars |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Richard Stewart Cutter "Dick" King (February 9, 1895 - October 16, 1930) was an All-American and professional football player. He played college football for Harvard University and was selected as an All-American at halfback) in 1915. In 1916, he signed with the Pine Village professional football team, becoming one of the first eastern football stars to play professional football. He also played professional football for the Hammond Pros, Milwaukee Badgers, Rochester Jeffersons and St. Louis All-Stars in 1923.
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, King attended the Boston Latin School before enrolling at Harvard University. He was 5 feet, 8 inches in height and weighed 175 pounds. At the time of his selection as an All-American in 1915, King was not the typical Harvard athlete. He was married and had two children (a two-year-old daughter and a six-month-old son), and was working his way through college. He first tried out for the freshman football team in 1912. At that time, he knew little or nothing about the game and "did not even threaten to 'make' the team." He failed to make the varsity team as sophomore and was also rejected by the baseball team and crew. In 1914, King made the cut for Harvard's varsity football team, but saw limited playing time as a substitute.
King did not start a game for Harvard until his senior year, and was selected as an All-American in his first full year playing the game. He played halfback for the 1915 Harvard team that boasted one of the best backfields in the early years of college football with King, Eddie Mahan and Hardwick. With Harvard's opponents focused on stopping three-time All-American Mahan, King was able to score the only touchdown on a 30-yard run in Harvard's 1915 victory over Princeton. After King's "long leap in the lair of the Princeton Tigers," one writer noted King's progression from scrub to star: "Stubborn Dick King, once the lowliest of scrubs, now stands full flush at the entrance to the Harvard gallery of big football heroes."
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