Career
King joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (Royal Canadian Air Force), and in March 1947 he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force station in the “hockey crazy” town of Whitehorse, Yukon. The 1948 Winter Olympics were to be held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. They were then officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games as they were the first Olympic games to be celebrated after World World War World War II After the Olympics Games, the Ottawa Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers went on an extensive exhibition tour of Europe, playing in front of crowds reaching 20,000 (as they did in Paris).
Upon returning to Canada with a gold medal around his neck, King and the other team members were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in Ottawa.
During the 1948-1949 season King played for the Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers in the Whitehorse Senior Men's League. He died in 1972.
