Edwin "Teddy" King was a footballer who played for Leicester City in the Football League, either side of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. He played as a wing half

Wing half

In association football, the position of wing half or wing half back) was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries...

, and joined Leciester Fosse (as City were then called) after playing for a number of local sides.

He made a total of 236 senior appearances for Leicester, plus another 121 wartime appearances.