John Kay (Scottish footballer)
Scottish footballer
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John Leck Kay (6 September 1857 - 1 March 1933)[2]was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s who played mainly as a left winger.
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Full name
John Leck Kay[1]
Date of birth
6 September 1857
Place of birth
Crossmyloof, Scotland
Date of death
1 March 1933 (aged 75)
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Kay in Scotland kit, 1882 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leck Kay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1857 | ||
| Place of birth | Crossmyloof, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 March 1933 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 18??–1879 | Third Lanark | ||
| 1879–1883 | Queen's Park | ||
| 1883–18?? | Third Lanark | ||
| Pollokshields Athletic | |||
| International career | |||
| 1880–1884 | Scotland | 6 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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, plus two Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups.[3] 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.
