Major General Edward Leonard King (December 5, 1873 – December 27, 1933) was an American football player and coach and officer in the United States Army. He played college football as the halfback at the United States Military Academy from 1894 to 1895 and served as the head coach of the Army football team in 1903. King was a career military officer who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was the Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College from 1925 to 1929 and attained the rank of major general. Military career King was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1873 and entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York in 1892. He played at the halfback position for the Army Black Knights football team from 1894 to 1895. He was also selected captain of the Army football team in 1895. Football historian Parke H. Davis later wrote of King: Of his foot ball days he is remembered as a swift, elusive, crashing and flashing back; courageous, tenacious and chivalrous; a true soldier of the gridiron as he was of the real battle-fields. Among his fellow classmates there were several men who would, like King himself, eventually attain the rank of general officer, such as Merch Bradt Stewart, Lucius Roy Holbrook, Dennis E. Nolan, Frank C. Bolles, LeRoy Eltinge and George Henry Shelton. King was then commissioned as a second lieutenant and served in the Spanish–American War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for service in the Philippines in 1899. The commendation he received with the Distinguished Service Cross stated: "For extraordinary heroism in action near Imus, Cayite Province, Philippine Islands, October 6, 1899, while serving as Captain, United States Cavalry. His great personal bravery in disarming a hostile Filipino saved the life of a brother officer." In 1903, King returned to West Point and served one year as the head coach of the Army football team. He led the team to a 6–2–1 record in the 1903 college football season. After the season, he agreed to serve as head coach for the academy's ice hockey team in its inaugural year. He also served in the Philippine–American War and served again in the Philippines from January 1910 through June 1912. King graduated from the Army School of the Line in 1913 and the Army Staff College in 1914. In