John Lamb (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John William Lamb[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Worksop, 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 | Luton Town | 24 | (0) |
Matlock Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Lamb was an English professional football half back who played in the Football League for Luton Town and The Wednesday.[1][2]
Personal life
Lamb enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[3]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 167. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–364. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Pitching into the battle". www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- People from Worksop
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Bolsover Colliery F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Matlock Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- British Army soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- English football midfielder, 1890s birth stubs