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|+ style="font-size: larger;" | '''Kim King'''
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#CFB53B" | '''Personal Info'''
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| '''Date of Birth'''
|October 6, 1945<ref name="obit">{{cite news|first=Walter|last=Woods|url=http://www.legacy.com/Atlanta/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=2700380|title=Obituaries: Kim King|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=2004-10-12|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref>
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#CFB53B" | '''Player Information'''
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| '''Position'''
|[[Quarterback]]
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| '''Number'''
|18
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| '''School'''
|[[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#CFB53B" | '''Bowl Games Started'''
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|1965 [[Gator Bowl]]<br/>1967 [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]]
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#CFB53B" | '''Teams Played For'''
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|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech]]
|1965-1967
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'''D. Kimbrough ("Kim") King''' was [[Georgia Tech]]'s starting [[quarterback]] for three years beginning in 1965. During his career, he led the team in 712 plays, completing 243 passes for 2763 yards and 21 touchdowns while rushing for 506 yards, placing him in Tech's all-time top 10 quarterbacks. [[Al Ciraldo]], Tech's [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]], gave Kim the nickname "The Young Left-Hander."<ref name="ylh">{{cite news|first=Hoyt|last=Coffee|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtopics/win96/king.html|title=Colorful Character: The 'Young Left-Hander' is more than just a radio commentator; he's made a hobby out of Georgia Tech|work=Tech Topics|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Winter 1996|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html|title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame|work=RamblinWreck.com|publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> and the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gshf.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=50|title=Kim King|publisher=Georgia Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> In 2000, he was named one of Georgia Tech's "50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century."<ref name="obit"/><ref name="abc">{{cite news|first=Jarred|last=Schenke|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2004/10/11/daily12.html?page=1|title=Developer, Georgia Tech football star Kim King dies|work=Atlanta Business Chronicle|date=2004-10-11|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref>


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Kim joined [[Al Ciraldo]] in the announcer's booth in 1974 as [[American football]] [[color commentator]].<ref name="ylh"/><ref name="nique">{{cite news|first=Edward|last=Tamsberg|url=http://nique.net/issues/2004-10-15/sports/2|title=Kim King dies at age 59|work=[[The Technique]]|date=2004-10-15|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> After Ciraldo's retirement in 1993, Kim continued his duties, eventually being paired with current Tech play-by-play, [[Wes Durham]] in 1995.<ref name="abc"/> Kim continued broadcasting after his initial diagnosis with leukemia, though he had to miss games at times to travel for medical treatment.<ref name="nique"/>

Aside from football, Kim was a very accomplished businessman with presence in the Atlanta business and political communities. Kim was a successful developer and founded his own firm, Kim King and Associates.<ref name="abc"/><ref name="nique"/> He served as finance chairman for former Gov. [[Roy Barnes]] and [[chairman]] of the [[Georgia Public Broadcasting]] board.<ref name="obit"/> He helped raise money for cancer research and the [[Bobby Dodd Charities Foundation]].<ref name="obit"/><ref name="prd">{{cite pressrelease|first=Elizabeth|last=Campell| url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=469|title=Tech Legend Kim King Dies|publisher=[[Georgia Institute of Technology]]|date=2004-10-12|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref>

Kim lost his extended battle with [[leukemia]] on October 12, 2004, six days after his 59th birthday.<ref name="prd"/> Fortunately, Georgia Tech was able to honor him at the school’s October 2, 2004 home football game against [[University of Miami|Miami]]. Kim and his wife were treated to a lap around the field in the "[[Rambling Wreck|Ramblin' Wreck]]" and the school dedicated the Kim King Football Locker Room at [[Bobby Dodd Stadium]].<ref name="obit"/><ref name="prd"/>
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