BrandPlayer's Gold Leaf
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Brand Player's Gold Leaf John Player
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player (Lights) KS-20-H (blue and white) (with yacht) - Bangladesh
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player (Lights) KS-20-H (blue and white) - Cuprus
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player (Lights) KS-25-H (blue and white) - Cuprus
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player (Menthol) KS-20-H (green and white) - Sri Lanka
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-10-H (red and white) - Singapore
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-12-H (red and white) - Sri Lanka and England
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-20-S (red and white) - South Africa
John Player founded his tobacco company in the mid-19th century in Nottingham, England. It was expanded later into a thriving cigarette manufactory (based at the Castle Tobacco Factories in Radford, Nottingham - just west of the city centre) and run by his sons, John Dane Player and William Goodacre Player.
In 1901, in response to competitive threats from the USA, the Player's business was merged in to the Imperial Tobacco Group (headquartered in Bristol and including other companies such as WD & HO Wills). However, Players cigarettes retained their own identity (in brands such as 'Navy Cut', 'No.6', 'John Player Special' and 'Gold Leaf') with their distinctive logo of a smoking sailor in a 'Navy Cut' cap.
