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Johnny King
English footballer

Johnny King

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English footballer
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Wrenbury, United Kingdom
Age
92 years
Sports Teams
Stoke City F.C.
Cardiff City F.C.
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
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Biography

John William King (born 9 August 1932) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City.

King began his career with his local side Crewe Alexandra in 1950. He formed a good partnership with Frank Blunstone and the pair were highly wanted by other clubs. King joined Stoke City for £8,000 and soon began to show his worth. He spent eight seasons at the Victoria Ground making 311 appearances scoring 113 goals to become one of the club's greatest goalscorers. He later played for Cardiff City and made a return to his home town team, Crewe Alexandra.

Career

King was regarded as a natural goalscorer and despite his rather 'chunky' build was a fast runner. He started his career at his local side Crewe Alexandra, where he partnered Frank Blunstone who was later capped by England. When Blunstone left for Chelsea King decided to join Stoke City who were at the time in the Second Division. He immediately began to score goals and quickly became a firm fan favourite. He was a regular goalscorer season after season at Stoke and became one a few Stoke players to have score over one hundred League goals.

A natural left footer King was a very skilful player and at 5 ft 7in he was not the typical Forward of the 1950s but there was no question about his ability to lead the forward line. A regular scorer, he topped the scorer charts at Stoke in three seasons amassing 113 goals for the club in all competitions placing him as Stoke's fifth all-time top goalscorer.

He later joined Cardiff City and returned to Crewe Alexandra where he helped win promotion in 1963. After retirement from football King went on play tennis and almost qualified for the Wimbledon Championships in 1970.

Career statistics

Source:

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra1950–51Third Division North100010
1951–52Third Division North200020
1952–53Third Division North4017104117
1953–54Third Division North500050
Total4817104917
Stoke City1953–54Second Division2411312712
1954–55Second Division3617634220
1955–56Second Division3616524118
1956–57Second Division34910359
1957–58Second Division3815304115
1958–59Second Division3313003313
1959–60Second Division4213204413
1960–61Second Division411261104813
Total28410626710311113
Cardiff City1961–62First Division3361042388
Crewe Alexandra1962–63Fourth Division461730105017
1963–64Third Division4192010449
1964–65Fourth Division421000104310
1965–66Fourth Division40841314710
1966–67Fourth Division81001091
Total17745917119347
Career Total542174378123591185
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