Derek King is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL) during the late 1960s.

King came into the St Kilda senior side after making his way up from the thirds but couldn't establish himself in the VFL.

A rover, he played briefly in Western Australia with Swan Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...

 before joining Oakleigh

Oakleigh Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football Association. He played his best football at Oakleigh and won the first division's J. J. Liston Trophy

J. J. Liston Trophy

The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League .-History:The VFA awarded the Recorder Cup from 1923 to 1941, and also ran a different award known as the VFA Medal .After a hiatus in 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, a best and fairest award...

 in 1975 as well as the second division's J. Field Trophy two years later.

His son, Clinton King

Clinton King

Clinton King is an Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney, Collingwood and Richmond in the Australian Football League ....

, was an AFL player at three separate clubs.