Alex Lambie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Lambie | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1897[1] | ||
Place of birth | Troon, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1963 | (aged 65–66)||
Place of death | Prestwick, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Dreghorn Juniors | ||
1919–1920 | Kilmarnock | 1 | (0) |
1920–1921 | Troon Athletic | ||
1921–1931 | Partick Thistle | 264 | (15) |
1931 | Chester | 1 | (0) |
1931–1934 | Swindon Town | 83 | (1) |
1934 | Lovell's Athletic | ||
1934 | Distillery | ||
International career | |||
1928 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Lambie (15 April 1897 – 1963) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half.[3]
Although he began his career with Ayrshire teams including Kilmarnock, Lambie featured primarily for Glasgow club Partick Thistle where he spent a decade (all in the top division), making 325 appearances for the Jags in all competitions and scoring 17 goals,[4] having been brought in in 1921 as a replacement for Willie Hamilton, the regular of the past decade who had died of tuberculosis.[5] He played for the club in the 1930 Scottish Cup Final which they lost to Rangers after a replay,[6] but did manage to claim winner's medals in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1927[7] and the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup in 1928, both against the same opponents.[8]
After he moved on from Partick, a spell at Chester lasting just a few weeks was followed by three seasons as a regular at Swindon Town,[9] and then further brief period in Wales with Lovell's Athletic and Ireland with Distillery before retiring.[2]
While playing for Partick Thistle, Lambie was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI against the English Football League XI in 1928,[1] and took part in the last Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in the same year,[10] although this did not lead to a full cap for Scotland. He also played in two editions of the Glasgow Football Association's annual challenge match against Sheffield.[11][3]
His nephews[a] Jim, Jock and Tom Brown were all footballers, and their sons also became sportsmen.[12]
References
- ^ They were not blood relatives: Lambie was married to the sister of the Brown brothers' mother.
- ^ a b (SFL player) Alex Lambie, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ a b Lambie Alec Image 1 Partick Thistle 1922, Vintage Footballers
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Players L, Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Death of Well-known Local Footballer, The Dunfermline Press, 20 August 1921, via Partick Thistle History Archive (archived version, 2015)
- ^ The Cup Final | Rangers Win Replay at Hampden, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1930
- ^ Rout of the Rangers in the Charity Cup Final, The Sunday Post, 15 May 1927, via Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Football | Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0 | Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup–Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 11 December 1928, via Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Alec Lambie Player Profile, Swindon-Town-FC
- ^ Football. Anglo-Scots Trial., The Scotsman, 14 March 1928, via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Player Representative Honours, Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Soccer Player Profile: Jim Brown, NJ Sports.com
- 1897 births
- 1963 deaths
- Sportspeople from South Ayrshire
- People from Troon
- Scottish footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Troon F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Lovell's Athletic F.C. players
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players