The third Princeton graduate to coach Georgetown in he previous five years, Phil King was one of the great early players in that school's sports history.

King grew up in Washington and played at Emerson Institute on Connecticut Ave., N.W., and has a special place in Georgetown football history: at 15, he competed for Emerson in Georgetown's first recognized game in 1887, a 46-6 Georgetown win. Wrote the College Journal: "After [halftime] play was resumed. The feature of the second part was the fact that King, Emerson's half back, got the ball, and having a clear field, scored for his side the only touch-down from which a goal was made."

King enrolled at Princeton in the fall of 1890. A three time consensus All-America selection at quarterback, King scored 50 career touchdowns, including 11 in a single game versus Columbia as a freshman in 1890. In his four years there, the Tigers were 46-4-1.

King became a highly successful coach at Wisconsin from 1896-1902, going 58-9-1 with three Big Nine titles--his 1901 team went undefeated and outscored its opponents 317 to 5. King studied law while coaching at Georgetown in 1903, shutting out six of 10 opponents that season. He returned to Wisconsin, completing his legal studies and coaching the Badgers to an 8-2 record in 1905, ending his coaching career with a 73-14-1 record.

Phil King died in 1938 and is buried in Washington's Rock Creek Cemetery. He was posthumously inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962.

Year	Record	Pct.	Home	Away
1903	7-3	0.700	3-2	4-1
Totals	7-3	0.700	3-2	4-1