John Lambie
John Lambie was the elder brother of Willie. He also was and remains both Scotland's youngest international and captain. He was eighteen at the time, 1887, and might even have achieved the former earlier, had he the previous year been selected but having to withdraw at the last minute.
He was born in 1868 in the Gorbals, one of six siblings, both his parents Ayrshire-born. His mother was from Riccarton, his father originally from Newmilns, an increasingly prosperous Fancy Dress Manufacturer. It meant the family was soon able to move into the Southern Suburbs.
John's first organised football would be played with Victoria, a club with both junior and senior sections and which played on Glasgow Green. Thus he could have joined it from Tradeston or Govanhill. However, the step-up was definitely from the latter. With the choice of Third Lanark or Queen's Park, the former closer, he chose the latter, making his first-team debut, a forward, in January 1885 just after his sixteenth birthday. It had been in an FA Cup tie and whilst he did not feature in the lost final in April he would not have long to wait for a medal and a winners' one at that. Nine months later he opened the scoring in victory over Renton in the Scottish Cup.
Birth Locator:
1868 - Cavendish St., The Gorbals, Glasgow
Residence Locations:
1871 - 18, Cavendish St., Tradeston, Glasgow
1881 - 44, Langside Rd., Govanhill, Glasgow
1891 - N/A
1895 - Salter's Court, Bow Lane, London
1901 - 6, The Avenue, Stockwell, London
1905 - 145, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, London
1911 - 52, Harberton Rd., Upper Holloway, London
1919-23 - 158, Tufnell Park Road, Camden, London
Death Locator:
1923 - 158, Tufnell Park Road, Camden, London
Grave Locator:
Highgate Cemetery (East), London
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