BrandPlayer's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut (Lights) KS-25-H (blue and white) - France
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut KS-20-H (red and white) - Pakistan
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut KS-20-H (white and red and gold) - England
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut KS-25-H (red and white) - France
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. Today, John Player Special and John Player King Size are manufactured by Imperial Tobacco, whereas John Player Gold Leaf is manufactured by British American Tobacco (in some countries).
