John Kay (footballer)

For the English footballer, born 1940, see John Kaye (footballer).
John Kay
Personal information
Full name John Leck Kay[1]
Place of birth Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
18??–1879 Third Lanark
1879–1883 Queen's Park
1883–18?? Third Lanark
Pollokshields Athletic
National team
1880-1884 Scotland 6 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Leck Kay was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s.

Kay's first senior club was Third Lanark where he won a Scottish Cup runners-up medal in 1878. He moved to Queen's Park in 1879 where he won three successive Scottish Cup winners' medals in 1880, 1881 and 1882. He returned to Third Lanark in 1883 and later had a short spell at Pollokshields Athletic before emigrating to the United States in 1887.

He was capped 6 times by the Scotland national team between 1880 and 1884, scoring 5 goals.

References

  1. "John Kay". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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