John Kaye (born 3 March 1940) is an English former

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and

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Career

Kaye joined

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

from

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

in May 1963 for £44,750, a club record for Albion at the time. He made his debut for the Baggies against

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

in August 1963. Kaye played for Albion between 1963 until 1971 during which time he won the

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and the

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(also finishing runner-up in this competition twice) He scored for Albion in the second leg of their 1966 League Cup Final triumph over West Ham. Kaye left Albion in 1971 when he was sold to

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

. Kaye managed

for a time period of September 1974 – October 1977. He had an overall win percentage of 31.2%.

Management statistics

Honours

;West Bromwich Albion *

(1): 1967-68 *

(1): 1965-66, runner-up 1966–67, 1969–70

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* 1940 births People from Goole Footballers from the East Riding of Yorkshire English footballers English football managers Goole Town F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. managers Living people English Football League players English Football League representative players Association football forwards Association football central defenders FA Cup Final players {{England-footy-manager-stub