page_title: Steven King (footballer)
section_title: St Kilda
hierarchical_section_title: Steven King (footballer) / AFL career / St Kilda
caption_attribution_description: English: King in his role as Western Bulldogs backline coach in February 2017
context_page_description: Steven King is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is currently serving as the midfield coach of the Western Bulldogs.
context_section_description: Following Mark Blake re-signing as the number two ruckman, King was offered a one year contract on reduced pay, which he declined. Lacking space in their salary cap, Geelong then asked King to retire, but eventually traded him, along with Charlie Gardiner, to St Kilda for a sixth round selection in the 2007 national draft.
  
  King played in St Kilda’s 2008 NAB Cup winning side – St Kilda's third pre-season cup win. He played 22 games in 2008 and carried St Kilda's ruck division with 408 hitouts.
  King played in 16 of 22 matches in the 2009 season home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the 2009 finals, winning the club’s third minor premiership. St Kilda qualified for the 2009 AFL Grand Final after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. King played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points by his former club Geelong.
  On 16 September 2010, King announced his retirement. He played six games for the year, but was being kept out by emerging ruckman, Ben McEvoy.
caption: King with the Western Bulldogs in February 2017
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