W. J. King

{{Short description|American football coach (1864–1936)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = W. J. King

| image = W J Wing - Wm and Mary.jpg

| alt =

| caption = King pictured in The Colonial Echo 1901, William & Mary yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|1|4}}

| birth_place = Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|7|16|1864|1|4}}

| death_place = Newport News, Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1895

| coach_team1 = Hampden–Sydney

| coach_years2 = 1897–1898

| coach_team2 = William & Mary

| coach_years3 = 1900

| coach_team3 = William & Mary

| admin_years1 = 1901–1905

| admin_team1 = William & Mary

| overall_record = 3–5

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

William John King (January 4, 1864 – July 16, 1936) was a Canadian-American college football coach, athletics administrator, and Presbyterian minister. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College's in Hampden Sydney, Virginia for one season, in 1895, and the College of William & Mary for three seasons, in 1897, 1898 and 1900, compiling a career coaching record of 3–5. King was also the athletic director at William & Mary from 1901 to 1905.Catalogue of the College of William and Mary, 1901-1902, [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/13489 W&M Digital Archive]; Catalogue of the College of William and Mary, 1904-1905, [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/13570 W&M Digital Archive]

King was born on January 4, 1864, in Port Hope, Ontario and immigrated to the United States at the age of 21.{{cite journal |date=1916 |title=The Kaleidoscope 1916 |url=https://archive.org/details/kaleidoscope1916hamp/page/10/mode/2up |journal=Kaleidoscope |location=Hampden Sydney, Virginia |publisher=Hampden–Sydney College |page=11 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |via=Internet Archive }} He married Hallie Haxall in 1901.{{cite book |last=Scott |first=Eugene Crampton|date=1942 |title=Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church, U. S., 1861-1941 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LjVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22King,+William+John%22+hallie |location= |publisher=Press of Von Boeckmann-Jones Company |page=377 |via=Google Books }} King retired to Newport News, Virginia around 1931 and died at his home there on July 16, 1936.{{cite news |author= |title=Rev. W. J. King, Retired, 72, Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84889412/obituary-for-w-j-d-king-aged-72/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |agency=Associated Press |date=July 18, 1936 |page=14 |access-date=September 7, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}