John Kay (footballer)
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- For the English footballer, born 1940, see John Kaye (footballer)
| John Kay | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leck Kay | |
| Date of birth | Unknown | |
| Place of birth | Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Date of death | Unknown | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| Third Lanark Queen's Park Third Lanark Pollokshields Athletic FC |
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| National team2 | ||
| 1880-1884 | Scotland | 6 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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John Leck Kay (born late 1850s in Crossmyloof, Glasgow) 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 FC 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.
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 13, 1880 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  England |
5-2 | 5-4 | Friendly |
| 2 | March 11, 1882 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | England |
5-1 | 5-1 | Friendly |
| 3 | March 25, 1882 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Wales |
1-0 | 5-0 | Friendly |
| 4 | March 29, 1884 | Cathkin Park, Glasgow | Wales |
3-1 | 4-1 | Friendly |
| 5 | March 29, 1884 | Cathkin Park, Glasgow | Wales |
4-1 | 4-1 | Friendly |
