Franklin King
- September 20, 2025
- 68 years
About Franklin King
Franklin King, 68, American football player (BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Toronto Argonauts).
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|Franklin Robert King Jr. (March 3, 1957 – September 20, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Toronto Argonauts, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. He helped lead the Jawhawks to the 1975 Sun Bowl as co-captain.
King tried out with the Houston Oilers and Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) before joining the CFL's Lions in the middle of 1980 and playing in nine games. He was co-captain for the Toronto Argonauts winning the 1983 Grey Cup.
King died in Flower Mound, Texas, on September 20, 2025, at the age of 68.
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