[1] Kean made his senior debut on 14 August 1937, in a Scottish League match against Queen's Park.
[4] When competitive football resumed after the war, Kean was an important figure supporting the Famous Five forward line.
[1] Kean played in the 1947 Scottish Cup Final and won a league championship medal in 1948.
[1] He moved to Dundee in the late 1950s, assisting Bob Shankly with their league championship winning team in 1962.
[1] Kean was credited with the signing of Gordon Smith, as the pair had a working relationship dating back to shifts in the Leith shipyards during the war.