Floyd King

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Floyd King
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born ? in United States
Country United States

Locations
Title owner 1953-1955
Location at King Brothers Circus in United States

Title owner 1950-1953
Location at King Brothers and Cristiani Circus in United States

Title owner 1946-1950
Location at King Brothers Circus in United States

Title owner 1925-1929
Location at Sangers Great European Shows-Hugo Bros-Harris Bros-Gentry Bros (Floyd and Howard King) in United States

Title owner 1925-1928
Location at Walter L. Main Circus in United States

Title owner
Location at King Bros Cole Circus Combined 3 Ring Circus in United States

Biography details

Floyd King , circus director in United States

Born ? in United States dead 1976-08-24 .

1945: Floyd King bought the Bud Anderson Circus and much of Clyde Beatty' s truck show.

1946: King took the circus out on tour with the title King Bros. Circus.

1950: In 1950, Norma Davenport, daughter of Ben Davenport the owner of the Dailey Bros. Circus, married Pete Cristiani. As a wedding gift Davenport gave the couple 5 performing elephants. Pete and Norma joined the rest of the Cristiani family who were working with the King Bros. Circus owned by showman Floyd King. The Cristianis then joined forces with King and the "King Bros. and Cristiani Circus was born.

1953: The Cristiani family took their own Cristiani Bros. Circus. Floyd King formed a partnership with Arnold Maley, and reverted to the King Bros Circus.

1955: they enlarged the show to a 70 truck circus. This proved too much to handle and in 56 they divided the show into two smaller shows but both closed early. The title King Bros was later sold to ACME Circus Operating Corporation, and was operated from 1960 as King Bros Circus.

1976: Floyd King died August 24, 1976 at Macon, Georgia, age 88.


Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director Floyd King in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 October 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1886. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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