BrandPlayer's Gold Leaf
Brand Player's Gold Leaf
- 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 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
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut (Lights) KS-25-H (blue and white) - France
- Player's Gold Leaf Quality John Player KS-20-H (red) - Malaysia
- Player's Gold Leaf Quality John Player (International) L-20-H (red) - Malaysia
- Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf Navy Cut KS-20-H (red and white) - Pakistan
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-10-H (red and white) - Singapore
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-20-S (red and white) - South Africa
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player (Menthol) KS-20-H (green and white) - Sri Lanka
- Player's Gold Leaf John Player KS-12-H (red and white) - Sri Lanka and England
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 Players' business was merged in to the Imperial Tobacco Group (headquartered in Bristol and including other companies such as WD & HO Wills). However, Player's 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).
