Background
King grew up in Kettering, Ohio where his father was a tool and die maker. Every year he and his father would travel to Columbus, Ohio, to Ohio Stadium to watch a Buckeyes home football game.
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Career
Ấ Always seated by the marching band, King would burst into his original dances whenever the Ohio State University Marching Band would play the “Neutron Dance”. Later, King went on to play football on a scholarship at the University of Dayton. At that time he was known as the B Deck Dancer.
He remained the B Deck Dancer until 1984 when the Ohio State Marching Band introduced its rendition of the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance”.
The spectators established a connection between the song and King and began to chant, “Neutron Manitoba, Neutron Manitoba”. From that point forward, the Neutron Manitoba would dance at every Ohio State home football game during the third quarter break.
King eventually began to wear his scarlet and gray beret and his very own Ohio State Buckeyes jersey with “Neutron Manitoba” printed on the back. was established by his widow, Debbi L. McComb, to benefit the Ohio State Marching Band and the Ohio State Cheerleading programs.
