Jack Keay

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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John Paul Keay{{cite news |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/FSA-bans-city-hero-from.4008018.jp |title=FSA bans city hero from trading |newspaper=Derry Journal |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=23 March 2010}}{{Hugman|10722|accessdate=9 March 2017}} (born 14 June 1960 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer. Keay, a central defender, began his football career as a junior with Celtic, but never played for the first team.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Keay,+Jack |title=Keay, Jack |work=TheCelticWiki |accessdate=23 March 2010}} He moved to England where he made more than 300 appearances in the Football League, scoring 20 goals in 155 League games for Shrewsbury Town{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/shrewsbury/shrewsbury.html |title=Birmingham City : 1950/51 – 2002/03 & 2004/05 – 2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 March 2010}} and 9 goals in 156 League games for Wrexham.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/wrexham/wrexham.html |title=Wrexham : 1946/47 – 2007/08 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 March 2010}}

Keay joined Derry City in the League of Ireland in July 1986 and achieved status at the Brandywell by helping the club to a historic 'treble' during his captaincy in the 1988–89 season.