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Cameron King

Australian rugby league footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ5026283
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Cameron King (born 17 September 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2010s.

He made his debut for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL in 2010 with whom he won the 2011 World Club Challenge. He also played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Parramatta Eels as well as Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.

Background

King was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

Early life

King's junior rugby league football clubs were the Wagga Kangaroos, Queanbeyan Blues and Hurstville United.

After moving to Sydney in 2005, he began playing in the St. George Junior Rugby League Football Competition for Hurstville United Junior Rugby League Football Club.

He 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.

Playing career

2008

King was a member of the St.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Cameron King” as australian rugby league footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cameron, King and Australian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2010, 2011, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991-09-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cameron, King and Australian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5026283. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2010, 2011 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from Cameron King” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.