| John Kay | |
| Fullname: | John Leck Kay[1] |
| Birth Place: | Crossmyloof, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 1933 |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Position: | Outside forward |
| Years1: | 18??–1879 |
| Years2: | 1879–1883 |
| Years3: | 1883–18?? |
| Clubs4: | Pollokshields Athletic |
| Nationalyears1: | 1880–1884 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
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.