Brian Lambert (10 July 1936 − 27 December 2007) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played professionally at

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and ...

as a full-back between 1954 and 1960. Lambert played mostly for the Stags' reserve team, and made only 28 appearances for the first team in his six years at Field Mill. As a youngster, Lambert was briefly connected to

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as an amateur, but never played for the Rams at first-team level. He joined Mansfield from non-league neighbours Sutton Town in October 1954, and rejoined Sutton when he left the Stags in 1960. After his retirement from professional football, he worked as a window cleaner in Ashfield. He died in December 2007, aged 71.Ex-Stags player mourned
, ''Mansfield Chad'' 5 January 2008. Retrieved on 15 February 2008

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1936 births 2007 deaths English footballers Mansfield Town F.C. players Sutton Town A.F.C. players Association football fullbacks {{England-footy-defender-1930s-stub