1. Cameron King was born on 17 September 1991 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2010s.
38 Facts About Cameron King
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Cameron King made his debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL in 2010 with whom he won the 2011 World Club Challenge.
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Cameron King played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Parramatta Eels as well as Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
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Cameron King attended and graduated from Endeavour Sports High School in Taren Point, New South Wales, where he captained the senior team and received the Endeavour Sports High School 'Player of the Year Award' in 2009.
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Cameron King debuted in round 1 against Parramatta Eels at Cabramatta Sports Ground on 16 February 2008.
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Cameron King's form resulted in him becoming a member of the St George Illawarra Dragons under-20's Toyota Cup team in 2008.
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Cameron King debuted in round 19 against Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park Stadium on 21 July 2008.
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Cameron King was named the most valuable player in each match and went on to win "Man of the Series" as well as the Great Britain Community Lions coaches award.
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Cameron King won the 'man of the match' in one game and was named MVP for the series.
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Cameron King made his first grade debut against South Sydney at Jubilee Oval in round 26 on 5 September 2010.
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Cameron King was selected to play for the 2010 Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.
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Cameron King then played in the second game of the series at Rotorua International Stadium on 31 October 2010.
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Cameron King converted two tries, scoring a total of 4 points.
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Cameron King was earmarked by The Daily Telegraph as a future NRL superstar in an article that featured Dragons Toyota Cup teammates, Beau Henry and Kalifa Faifai-Loa.
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Cameron King was given the opportunity to start at hooker for the annual Charity Shield match, against South Sydney, that was held at Stadium Australia on 13 February 2011, due to the absence of hooker Dean Young to injury and with Nathan Fien filling in at five eighth for Jamie Soward who was on representative duty for the annual All Stars Match.
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On 22 February 2011, it was confirmed that Cameron King had re-signed with St George for a further two years.
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Cameron King was selected to play in the 2011 World Club Challenge on 27 February 2011 at DW Stadium against the 2010 Super League premiers, Wigan.
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Cameron King came off the bench and in the 55th minute managed to dummy his marker from a metre out of the try line before barging over to score his first try for the Red V and one that would prove to be the game winner.
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Cameron King left the field shortly after scoring his try when he ruptured his pectoral muscle trying to tackle New Zealand Warriors fullback Sam Tomkins.
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Cameron King went on to play the last 5 games of the season.
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On 16 October 2011, Cameron King played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, at Ausgrid Stadium.
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On 12 April 2012, it was confirmed that Cameron King had re-signed with the St George club for a further two years which would have seen him stay at the club until at least the end of the 2014 season.
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On 25 September 2013, Cameron King signed with the North Queensland Cowboys.
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Cameron King started his career for the North Queensland side by playing in their reserve grade feeder team Northern Pride RLFC in the Queensland Cup.
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Cameron King debuted for North Queensland in their round 9 win over arch-rivals the Brisbane Broncos.
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On 13 August 2015, Cameron King signed a one-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting in 2016.
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Parramatta were later stripped of the Auckland Nines title and, due to salary cap restraints, Cameron King was forced to play outside the NRL squad for the remainder of the season with reserve grade team Wentworthville Magpies.
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Cameron King was named at hooker to make his NRL debut for Parramatta in their round 17 clash with arch-rivals the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
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Cameron King re-signed with Parramatta until the end of the 2018 season Cameron King played a total of 11 games for Parramatta in the 2017 NRL season as the club finished fourth on the table.
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Cameron King started the 2018 season as first choice hooker ahead of Kaysa Pritchard.
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In Round 2 against Manly, Cameron King suffered a serious concussion and was stretchered from the field.
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Cameron King finished 2018 with 11 appearances for Parramatta as the club finished last on the table and claimed its 14th wooden spoon.
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On 14 November, Cameron King took to Twitter in a desperate attempt to find a new club to play for in 2019.
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On 29 October 2019, it was revealed that Cameron King had been released by Featherstone.
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On 2 December 2019, Cameron King signed a contract to join Cronulla-Sutherland for the 2020 NRL season.
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In February 2020, Cameron King was taken from the field during Cronulla's trial game against Canterbury-Bankstown with a suspected knee injury.
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On 15 October 2020, Cameron King announced his retirement from the NRL.
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Cameron King's brother-in-law is former international Greg Alexander, who is married to Cameron King's oldest sister Tanya.