Sports
- John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach prior to George Bohler in 1925
- Johnny King (footballer born 1926) (1926–2010), English-born footballer who played for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final
- Johnny King (footballer born 1932), English-born footballer who played for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 60s
- John King (footballer born 1933) (1933–1982), Welsh international football goalkeeper who played for Swansea
- John King (footballer born 1938), English-born football wing half with Tranmere and Port Vale, who later managed Tranmere
- John King (athlete) (born 1963), English long jumper
- John King (cricketer) (1871–1946), English cricketer
- Bart King (1873–1965), American cricketer, real name John Barton King
- John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of John King, the English cricketer
- John Paul King (born 1982), Irish hurler
- Johnny King (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer
- John King (racing driver) (born 1988), American stock car racing driver
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behaviour, attire, grace, learning and all their words aimeth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)