George Kay (footballer)
English football player and manager (1891–1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Kay (21 September 1891 – 18 April 1954) was an English football player and manager of Luton Town, Southampton and Liverpool.
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Date of birth | (1891-09-21)21 September 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Date of death | 18 April 1954(1954-04-18) (aged 62) | ||
Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
Youth career | |||
Eccles | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1911 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
1911–1915 | Distillery | 91 | (14) |
1919–1926 | West Ham United | 237 | (15) |
1927 | Stockport County | 2 | (0) |
Total | 333 | (29) | |
Managerial career | |||
1929–1931 | Luton Town | ||
1931–1936 | Southampton | ||
1936–1951 | Liverpool | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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The highlight of his playing career was when he captained West Ham United in the first FA Cup final to be played at Wembley, the White Horse Final.
He was manager of Liverpool for 15 years (1936–1951) and led them to the Football League title in 1947, the first post-war football season, as well as taking them to the 1950 FA Cup Final (the club's first in thirty-six years).