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Career

Debuting as a 17-year old with the Geelong Cats in 1996, King is a gifted ruckman. He won All-Australian selection and won the Carji Greeves Medal in 2000 and again in 2002. He was captain of the club between 2003 and 2006. Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... Ruckman may mean: Ruckman, West Virginia Ruckman (Australian rules football position) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season. ...

In 2005, King was hit by numerous injuries and was criticised midway through the year in media outlets like the Herald Sun for his poor performances which his injuries caused. The aforementioned report in the Herald Sun newspaper brought to light the fact that the 202cm ruckman from Shepparton had not taken a contested mark up until that point of the season, which was inexcusable for a player of his stature. The Herald Sun is a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Shepparton is a country town located in Victoria, Australia. ...

A moment of controversy occurred in King's career in the 2005 Elimination Final, when he accidentally kicked Melbourne's Jeff White in the head. Both men were contesting a boundary throw in, and it was knocked to the ground. King was the man in front, and when the ball bounced up to head height, he took a mighty swing at it with his right foot. He missed the ball completely, but connected with White's face, giving him injuries which have been described as "equivalent to those of a car accident victim," requiring White to have several plates and screws inserted. The Australian Football Leagues 2005 Finals Series began on the weekend of September 2, 2005 and ended with the 109th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2005, won by the Sydney Swans. ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Jeff White is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Melbourne Demons. ...

Media commentators and fans were largely divided about whether or not King should have faced the tribunal for kicking, historically the most heavily penalised infringement whether accidental or intentional. Eventually, the Match Review Panel decided that he had no case to answer, and he was free to play in the semi-final against Sydney the following week. Somewhat ironically, a hamstring injury in the third quarter of that game coincided with a Sydney comeback, and eventually victory.

King fell out of favour in 2007, playing only a handful of AFL games and was dropped to the Victorian Football League in favour of Brad Ottens and Mark Blake. In Round 18, playing in the AFL when Ottens was rested, he took a mark over goal umpire Michael Hammond – an awkward half-speckie/half-collision which sent the umpire crashing to the ground; for the second time in his career, despite the AFL's generally strict application of the rule prohibiting contact with field umpires, King avoided tribunal action, with the Match Review Panel deeming that the goal umpire had contributed to the clash, due to the fact that he moved towards the ball as it began to fall. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... This article is about the present day Victorian state football league. ... Brad Ottens (born January 25, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... Mark Blake is an Australian Rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...

King continued to perform strongly in the VFL, and played in the Cats' 2007 VFL premiership against Coburg on September 23. Following weak finals performances by Mark Blake, King received a recall to the senior team for the AFL Grand Final, despite Blake having played more games during the season. King then participated in the Cats' 2007 AFL premiership win against Port Adelaide on September 29, giving him his second premiership medallion within seven days. The Coburg Football Club is an Australian rules football Club based in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Blake is an Australian Rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the Australian Football League. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Following Mark Blake re-signing as the #2 ruckman, King was offered a one year contract on reduced pay, which he declined. Lacking space in their salary cap, Geelong asked King to retire^[1], but eventually traded him, along with Charlie Gardiner, to St Kilda for a sixth round selection in the 2007 national draft (nominally #90). Charles Gardiner was the Goaltender for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1927-1934. ... Alternate use: Saint Kilda, island in Scotland. ... The 2007 AFL Draft consists of a pre-season draft taking place before the 2007 season, as well as the National Draft, to be held in November 2007 following the conclusion of the 2007 season. ...

Personal life

King is engaged to long time girlfriend and former Price Is Right model, Danielle Atkin.

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of end of 2007 season

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References

1. ^ Geelong tells King to retire - Geelong Advertiser

External links

• Geelong Profile - Steven King
• Steven King (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

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