Career
He later had spells at Oldham Athletic and Denaby United before retiring. He spent a season in Town"s reserves but was not offered a long term contract and returned to his local club He was again spotted by a league side, and this time agreed to sign him for £10 in November 1920.
King made a slow start to his United career, spending two seasons in the reserves and not making his first team debut until 1922, after which he played intermittently for the following two seasons as cover when first team regulars were injured.
lieutenant was not until established centre back Jimmy Waugh suffered a serious injury in December 1924 that King was given the opportunity to make regular starts. Like many other defenders King found the changes to the offside law for the 1925-1926 season difficult to adapt to, but retained his place until 1927 when the club signed Vince Matthews.
King was sold to Oldham Athletic for £400 in May 1929 where he made 91 league appearances before his contract was cancelled in February 1932 following an injury. Although intending to retire, King later spent some time playing as an amateur for Denaby United.
After leaving Oldham Athletic, King took over the tenancy of the Castle Inn in Hillsborough in Sheffield.
At the time of his death he was running a newsagents in Leigh in Greater Manchester.
