| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leck Kay | ||
| Date of birth | Unknown | ||
| Place of birth | Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 18??–1879 | Third Lanark | ||
| 1879–1883 | Queen's Park | ||
| 1883–18?? | Third Lanark | ||
| Pollokshields Athletic FC | |||
| National team | |||
| 1880-1884 | Scotland | 6 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (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.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 March 1880 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | England | 5-2 | 5-4 | Friendly |
| 2 | 11 March 1882 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | England | 5-1 | 5-1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 25 March 1882 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Wales | 1-0 | 5-0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 29 March 1884 | Cathkin Park, Glasgow | Wales | 3-1 | 4-1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 29 March 1884 | Cathkin Park, Glasgow | Wales | 4-1 | 4-1 | Friendly |