Alex Lambie

Alexander Lambie (15 April 1897 – 1963) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half.[3]

Alex Lambie
Personal information
Full name Alexander Lambie
Date of birth 15 April 1897[1]
Place of birth Troon, Scotland
Date of death 1963(1963-00-00) (aged 65–66)
Place of death Prestwick, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[2]
Playing 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
National team
1928 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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,[4] having been brought in in 1921 as a replacement for Willie Hamilton, the regular of the past decade who had died of tuberculosis.[5] He played for the club in the 1930 Scottish Cup Final which they lost to Rangers after a replay,[6] but did manage to claim winner's medals in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1927[7] and the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup in 1928, both against the same opponents.[8]

After he moved on from Partick, a spell at Chester lasting just a few weeks was followed by three seasons as a regular at Swindon Town,[9] and then further brief period in Wales with Lovell's Athletic and Ireland with Distillery before retiring.[2]

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 the last Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in the same year,[10] 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.[11][3]

His nephews[lower-alpha 1] Jim, Jock and Tom Brown were all footballers, and their sons also became sportsmen.[12]

References
  1. They were not blood relatives: Lambie was married to the sister of the Brown brothers' mother.
  1. (SFL player) Alex Lambie, London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. Lambie Alec Image 1 Partick Thistle 1922, Vintage Footballers
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Players L, Partick Thistle History Archive
  5. Death of Well-known Local Footballer, The Dunfermline Press, 20 August 1921, via Partick Thistle History Archive (archived version, 2015)
  6. The Cup Final | Rangers Win Replay at Hampden, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1930
  7. Rout of the Rangers in the Charity Cup Final, The Sunday Post, 15 May 1927, via Partick Thistle History Archive
  8. Football | Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0 | Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup–Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 11 December 1928, via Partick Thistle History Archive
  9. Alec Lambie Player Profile, Swindon-Town-FC
  10. Football. Anglo-Scots Trial., The Scotsman, 14 March 1928, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  11. Player Representative Honours, Partick Thistle History Archive
  12. Soccer Player Profile: Jim Brown, NJ Sports.com
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