Career
Kane is Jewish. He set British and Maccabiah Games records during his career. Kane set an English inter-country record in the 440 yard hurdles, and matched the Scottish all-comers record. His personal best in the 400 was 51.5, in 1954, setting a British record.
In 1954, he was ranked seventh in the world in the 400 hurdles.
Kane competed for England in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, in the 400 meter hurdles. In 1957, he was ranked eighth in the world in the 400 hurdles.
That year, Kane took a silver medal in the 1957 Maccabiah Games in the 200 meter hurdles, with a time of 25.3 seconds, while winning the 400 meter hurdles.