David King is a professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 and Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player who is currently a free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

. He was signed by the New England Patriots

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

 of the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 as a punter on 14 April, 2010

2010 New England Patriots season

The 2010 New England Patriots season was the 41st season for the team in the National Football League and 51st season overall. The Patriots improved on their 10–6 record from 2009 by finishing with a league-best 14–2 record and clinching the top seed in the AFC, before losing to the New York Jets...

, but was waived by the team on 11 June 2010. He began to learn American football in October 2008 and was taught by coach Gary Zauner

Gary Zauner

Gary Zauner is an American football coach. He is currently the special teams coordinator for the California Redwoods of the United Football League....

 in April 2009. He previously played semi-professional

Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...

 Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 for Bundoora Football Club

Bundoora Football Club

Bundoora Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Bundoora, Victoria, currently competing in the Northern Football League.-History:*1975–1980 P.H.F.L Premiers as Bundoora A 1980*1981–1981 D.V.F.L Division Two, Premiers 1981...

 (Diamond Valley Football League; 2001–2002), Euroa Football Club

Euroa Football Club

The Euroa Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.-External links:*...

 (Goulburn Valley Football League

Goulburn Valley Football League

The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...

; 2003–2007), and Norwood Football Club (Eastern Football League

Eastern Football League (Australia)

The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

; 2008).

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