John Lamb (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wright Lamb[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1889[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Clay Cross, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1951 (aged 61–62) | ||
| Place of death | Derby, England | ||
| Position(s) | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bolsover Colliery | |||
| 1913–1919 | The Wednesday | 5 | (0) |
| 1915–1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 9 | (0) |
| 1920–1921 | Luton Town | 24 | (0) |
| Matlock Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Lamb (25 July 1889 – 1951) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back in the Football League for Luton Town and The Wednesday.[2][3] He began his career as a centre forward in non-League football with Bolsover Colliery and was converted into a half back at The Wednesday.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Lamb served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[5][6] After the war, the effects of wounds received on the Somme prematurely ended his Football League career in 1921.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| The Wednesday | 1913–14[7] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1919–20[7] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Luton Town | 1920–21[4] | Third Division | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Information Sheet". sheffieldsoldierww1.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 167. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–364. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c "John Lamb". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Pitching into the battle". www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John (2008). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-84425-656-3. OCLC 244314866.
- ^ a b "J W Lamb". www.adrianbullock.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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- 1889 births
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- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from Derbyshire
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs
- People from Clay Cross
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- 1951 deaths