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 | 26 February 1963[2] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Prestwick, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [3] | ||
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 – 26 February 1963) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half. [4]
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, [5] having been brought in during 1921 as a replacement for Willie Hamilton, the regular of the past decade who had died of tuberculosis. [6]
He played in the 1930 Scottish Cup Final which Partick lost to Rangers after a replay, [7] but did manage to claim winner's medals in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1927 [8] and the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup in 1928, both against the same opponents. [9]
After he moved on from Partick Thistle in 1931, a spell at Chester lasting just a few weeks was followed by three seasons as a regular at Swindon Town, [10] and then further brief period in Wales with Lovell's Athletic and Ireland with Distillery before retiring. [3]
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 what proved to be the last Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in the same year, [11] 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. [12] [4]
His nephews [a] Jim, Jock and Tom Brown were all footballers, and their sons also became sportsmen. [13]
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