| John Lamb | |
| Fullname: | John Wright Lamb[1] |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Clay Cross, England |
| Death Place: | Derby, England |
| Position: | Half back |
| Clubs1: | Bolsover Colliery |
| Years2: | 1913–1919 |
| Clubs2: | The Wednesday |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1915–1917 |
| Clubs3: | → Brentford (guest) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs4: | Luton Town |
| Caps4: | 24 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Matlock Town |
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.
Lamb served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[4] [5] After the war, the effects of wounds received on the Somme prematurely ended his Football League career in 1921.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| The Wednesday | 1913–14[6] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1919–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Luton Town | 1920–21[7] | Third Division | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||