Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Lambert[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1902[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Greasbrough, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 December 1940 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Enfield, Middlesex, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Methley Perseverance | |||
| Greasbrough W.M.C. | |||
| 1922–1923 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 1923 | Rotherham County | 1 | (1) |
| 1923–1925 | Leeds United | 1 | (0) |
| 1925–1926 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | (13) |
| 1926–1933 | Arsenal | 143 | (98) |
| 1933–1935 | Fulham | 34 | (4) |
| 1935–1938 | Margate | ||
| Total | 223 | (116) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1936–1938 | Margate (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Lambert (22 May 1902 – 7 December 1940) was an English
inside forward. He scored 116 goals from 223 appearances in the Football League playing for Rotherham County, Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers, Arsenal and Fulham.[1] He went on to manage Margate
and coach the juniors at Arsenal.
Playing career
Career in Yorkshire
A large and robust
Football Association fined the club £25 and returned the player to Leeds.[4] He played only once for Leeds' first team,[1]
and
He next moved on to Doncaster Rovers in January 1925 in exchange for goalkeeper David Russell.[5] He finally came to prominence after becoming a regular goalscorer for Doncaster.[3] Playing in Yorkshire, he had attracted the attention of Herbert Chapman when the latter was manager of Huddersfield Town.[citation needed]
Career in London
Chapman became
The following season,
hat-tricks. That season Arsenal won the First Division title for the first time in their history. Lambert continued to play for Arsenal over the next few years, scoring regularly;[3] his five goals in a 9–2 defeat of Sheffield United remains the most ever scored by an Arsenal player in a single home match.[citation needed] He helped Arsenal reach a third FA Cup final – they lost 2–1 to Newcastle United in 1931–32 – and won a second League title in 1932–33, contributing 14 goals in just 12 matches.[3]
By now Lambert was over 30 and only a bit-part player.
hat-tricks for the club.[9]
Lambert played for two seasons for Fulham.
Coaching career
He next moved on to
player-manager until the end of the season;[11] he continued in post until returning to Arsenal in 1938 as coach of the club's "A" team.[3]
Death
He died at the age of 38, killed in a car accident in Enfield, Middlesex, on 7 December 1940.[12]
Honours
Arsenal[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "The lure of promotion. Leeds United". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-899429-03-5.
- ^ a b c "A–Z Past Players (Pre-1939)". Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original (DOC) on 10 August 2011.
- ^ "World of sport". Nottingham Journal. 7 January 1925. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Jack Lambert". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ Kelly, Andy. "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Retrieved 3 November 2017. Select season required.
- ^ "Fortune smiles on the Arsenal". Sheffield Independent. 8 October 1930. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Goalscorers". Arsenal F.C. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Lambert to play for Margate". Thanet Advertiser. 26 July 1935. p. 2.
- ^ "Manager Ramsay resigns. Margate football bombshell". Thanet Advertiser. 31 January 1936. p. 10.
- ^ "Association Football". The Times. London. 9 December 1940. p. 9.
External links
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