William Lambie (footballer)

William Allan Lambie (10 January 1873 – 16 June 1936) was a Scottish footballer of the 1880s and 1890s.

William Lambie
Lambie in Scotland kit, 1895
Personal information
Full name William Allan Lambie
Date of birth (1873-01-10)10 January 1873
Place of birth Crosshill, Scotland
Date of death 16 June 1936(1936-06-16) (aged 63)[1]
Place of death Pollokshields, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Queen's Park
1892 Ardwick 3 (0)
Queen's Park
International career
1892–1897 Scotland 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in southern Glasgow and privately educated at the High School of Glasgow,[1] Lambie played mainly at outside left for Queen's Park;[2] he joined the club alongside school friends William Gulliland and Tom Waddell,[1] and together they claimed Scottish Cup runners-up medals in 1892 and winner's medals in 1893 – the club's last triumph in the competition. Aside from a brief spell at Ardwick (Manchester City) in 1892 and one guest appearance for Corinthian,[3] Lambie remained at Queen's Park until around 1900, also claiming winner's medals from the minor Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup (1891, his breakthrough with four goals in the final)[4][1] and Glasgow League (1897); again, these were the last occasions the Spiders lifted the trophies.

He was capped nine times by the Scotland national team, making his debut against Ireland in 1892 at the age of 19. He scored five goals, including once in each of his first four appearances,[5] and had a role in three British Home Championship wins (1893–94, 1895–96 and 1896–97).

In the 1901–02 season, a man purporting to be Lambie was engaged by Burnley without having been seen playing. In the first few minutes of his first match it became clear that it was an imposter; he was taken off the field during the game and was promptly fired.[6]

Personal life

His older brother John was also a Queen's Park regular[7] and an international, and holds the records for being the youngest Scotland player and captain of all time.[1] A third brother, Robert, also featured for Queen's Park; the three siblings' careers barely overlapped in terms of playing together.[8][9]

International goals
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 March 1892Solitude Ground, Belfast Ireland2–13–2BHC
218 March 1893The Racecourse, Wrexham Wales7–08–0BHC
37 April 1894Celtic Park, Glasgow England1–02–2BHC
430 March 1895Celtic Park, Glasgow Ireland1–03–1BHC
54 April 1896Celtic Park, Glasgow England1–02–1BHC

See also

References
  1. Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. Name: Lambie, William, QPFC.com
  3. Scottish Corinthians, Andrew Watson: Corinthian
  4. Glasgow Charity Cup. The Scottish Referee, 4 May 1891, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. (Scotland player) William Lambie, London Hearts Supporters Club
  6. English National Football Archive, as cited in: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Lambie (footballer).
  7. Name: Lambie, John Alexander, QPFC.com
  8. Name: Lambie, Robert Alexander, QPFC.com
  9. Chapter XXX.—Famous Brothers, History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland
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