Alexander Lambie (15 April 1897 – 26 February 1963) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Lambie | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1897[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Troon, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 February 1963 (aged 65)[2] | ||
| 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 | |||
Career edit
Club edit
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]
International edit
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]
Personal life edit
His nephews[a] Jim, Jock and Tom Brown were all footballers, and their sons also became sportsmen.[13]
References edit
- ^ They were not blood relatives: Lambie's wife and the Brown brothers' mother were sisters.
- ^ a b (SFL player) Alex Lambie, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Alex Lambie, The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2021
- ^ 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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Players L Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Sunday Post, 15 May 1927, via Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Football | Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0 | Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup–Final Tie Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Soccer Player Profile: Jim Brown, NJ Sports.com