George Kay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 September 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 April 1954 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | 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 | 2 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1929–1931 | Luton Town | ||
| 1931–1936 | Southampton | ||
| 1936–1951 | Liverpool | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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.
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 so-called 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.
Kay was born in Manchester and joined Bolton Wanderers in 1911. After failing to agree re-signing terms, he joined Belfast club Distillery at the start of the 1911–12 season, helping to win the Gold Cup and the CAS despite a long-term injury interrupting his playing career, and becoming the first Englishman to captain an Irish Football League representative team.
He served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and, following the war, he moved back to England to join West Ham United in July 1919, where he spent the next seven seasons. He made his debut at home against Barnsley in September 1919 and, having taken over the captaincy from Billy Cope for the 1922–23 season, led the West Ham side that gained promotion to the First Division and reached the FA Cup Final against his former club, Bolton Wanderers, in 1923. This was the first FA Cup final to be played at Wembley, the so-called White Horse Final. He was one of the few members of the Cup Final side never to win an international cap but became the first West Ham player to play over 200 league games for the club.
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