John Phillips Cape (16 November 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English footballer who played as a forward.
After playing for Penrith, Cape joined his hometown club, Third Division North side Carlisle United at the age of 17, and made his debut a month before his 18th birthday.
[3] Three months later, First Division side Newcastle United paid £1,750 to sign him, but he struggled to break into the first team on a regular basis due to the form of Jimmy Boyd; nevertheless, he managed 53 appearances in all competitions over the course of his four years with Newcastle, scoring 20 goals in that time.
In June 1937, Cape joined Third Division South side Queens Park Rangers, but he only played two seasons before the outbreak of the Second World War.
During the war, he made guest appearances for Carlisle, and after a brief spell with Scarborough Town when league football resumed, he returned to his hometown club permanently in October 1946; however, he only played three times during the 1946–47 season, at the end of which he retired and was appointed Carlisle's reserve team trainer.