Personal information | |||
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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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |