John Kay (Scottish footballer)
![]() Kay in Scotland kit, 1882 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Leck Kay[1] | ||
Date of birth | c. 1858 | ||
Place of birth | Crossmyloof, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1933 | ||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | 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 |
John Leck Kay was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s who played mainly as a left winger.
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.[2] 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
[edit]- ^ "[Scotland player] John Kay". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ Name: Kay, John Leck, QPFC.com
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