SPORTS ANNOUNCER DEAD
MR. YYILLIAM RUSSELL KING Mr. William Russell King, well known in Wellington Rugby and cricket circles, and to a wide circle of radio listeners, as “Bill” King, sports announcer for 2ZB, died suddenly in Wellington on Tuesday. Eldest” son of Captain W. S. King, former champion rifle shot and bandsman, Mr. King was 42 years of age. He was a former member of the “Chronicle” re-porting staff. An old boy of the Marist Brothers’ School, Christchurch, he followed journalism for many years, beginning his career on the now defunct Lyttelton Times. He had been in Wellington since 1929 and was closely associated with sport, being a leading official of the Poneke Rugby Club and a member of the junior advisory committee of the Wellington "Rugby Union, coach of the Training College team in recent years, and deputychairman of the Wellington Mercantile Cricket League, with which he had a long association. In recent years he was secretary of the Wellington Harbour Board Employees' Union. He took a keen interest in Labour affairs, being president of the Roseneath branch of the Labour Party. He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 219, 16 September 1943, Page 4
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