Roy Lambert (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 July 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Hoyland, England | ||
Date of death | 5 February 2022 | (aged 88)||
Place of death | Barnsley, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing Half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1965 | Rotherham United | 307 | (0) |
1965–1966 | Barnsley | 3 | (0) |
Total | 310 | (6) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roy Lambert (16 July 1933 – 5 February 2022) was an English professional footballer who played in The Football League for Rotherham United and Barnsley. He was a member of Rotherham's 1961 Football League Cup Final team.[1]
Following his rather brief spell as a player at Barnsley, Lambert joined Huddersfield Town as their Youth Coach. He was also Chief Scout at one point.
Lambert died in Barnsley on 5 February 2022, at the age of 88.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/roylambert.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Roy Lambert". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2022 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Rotherham United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Hoyland
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
- Footballers from South Yorkshire
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs