Father Of Local Man In Hall Of Fame Philip King, Sr., father of Philip King, Jr., of Southport, is one of the eleven new members admitted to the Football Hall of Fame last week. The father of the local man was quarterback at Princeton University from 1890-93. He later coached at Princeton while at tending law school at Columbus University. He also played semi pro football for the Cresent Ath letic Club during these days in what probably could be classi fied as a fore-runner of today’s professional football. After receiving his law de gree from Columbia, King moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to engage in the practice of law. It probably was something more than a coin cidence that he turned up as coach of the University of Wis consin football team, a chore which he handled for 10 years. During this span Wisconsin won the Big Ten championship four times. One of King’s big stars at Wis consin was Australian-born Pat O’Dea, whom his coach classified as the greatest punter of all time. O'Dea had never played football before moving to the United States, but had been a star rugjy player. That is a kicking game, and with the old-1 time football, which was more I] round than oblong, he not only , was an outstanding punter, but \ performed prodigious feats drop- j kicking. One story told by the elder \ King was that once when O’Dea i was trapped by onrushing lines- s man on a field goal play his star | ran laterally across the field, and \ while still on the run got off a | drop-kick that carried for 60 | yards and a score. iKngs' own playing career took | place when the Ivey League was | the hub of gridiron greatness. He § weighed only 165-lbs. and was | only 5-7; but what he lacked in | size he more than made up for | in being rough and heady. He played back in the days I when the man who received the 1 ball from center had to hand off 1 to the ball carrier—thus qualify- | ing as an early-day T-formation I quarterback. That also was before I the day of the forward pass, and f the ball had to be handed off or | passed laterally. The flying wedge and other mass formations were the vogue, and hard, head-knocking football was the result. There were no shoulder pads, and headgears were just a leather strap buckled across the skull. This accounted for the fact that most of the early gridiron greats sported a fine head of hair during the foot E. W. Godwin’s Sons “EVERYTHING TO BUILD THE HOME” Pbone 2-7747 — Castle Hayne Road WILMINGTON, N. C. PHILIP KING, Sr. u