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English rugby league footballer

Cliff Lambert

Personal information

Full name

Clifford Lambert

Born

first ¼ 1930 (age 94–95)
Pontefract district, England

Playing information

Position

Clifford "Cliff" Lambert (birth registered first ¼ 1930), also known by the nickname of "Slam", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers (vice-captain), and Hunslet, as a second-row or loose forward.

Background

Cliff 'Slam' Lambert's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he has lived at Robbins Terrace, Featherstone.

Cliff Lambert played loose forward in Featherstone Rovers' 12-18 defeat by Workington Town in the 1951–52 Challenge Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093.

Cliff Lambert played at second-row, and scored a try in Featherstone Rovers' 15-14 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1959–60 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 31 October 1959, and played at second-row in Hunslet's 12-2 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1962–63 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1962–63 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1962.

Cliff Lambert made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Tuesday 20 September 1949.

Cliff Lambert is a Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame inductee.

Cliff Lambert is the father of the rugby union footballer for Headingley FC and Harlequin F.C.; Colin Lambert.

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Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
"Featherstone Rovers legends added to Hall of Fame". pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

v t e Featherstone Rovers squad – 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup Final winners
1 Jack "Jackie" Fennell 2 Frank "Cheyenne" Smith 3 Ken Greatorex 4 Jim Hunt 5 Cyril Woolford 6 Joe Mullaney (c) 7 Don Fox 8 Joe Anderson 9 Willis Fawley 10 Malcolm Dixon 11 Mick Clamp 12 Cliff Lambert 13 Terry Clawson Coach: Harold Moxon

v t e Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame Inductees
Original Inductees (1994)	1. Jim Denton (wing) 2. Jack Hirst (centre) 3. Eric Batten (wing) 4. Freddie Miller (fullback) 5. Joe Mullaney (stand off) 6. Don Fox (scrum-half) 7. Jimmy Thompson (prop/second row) 8. Steve Nash (scrum-half) 9. Steve Quinn (centre) 10. Peter Smith (second row)
Additional Inductees	(2000) 11. Brendon Tuuta (loose forward) (2005) 12. Vince Farrar (prop) 13. John "Keith" Bridges (hooker) (2009) 14. Jack "Jackie" Fennell (fullback) 15. Les Tonks (prop) 16. Keith Bell (loose forward) (2010) 17. Carl Dooler (scrum-half) 18. David Hobbs (second row) 19. Deryck Fox (scrum-half) (2012) 20. Stuart Dickens (prop) (2013) 21. Malcolm Dixon (prop) (2014) 22. Cliff Lambert (loose forward) 23. Arnie Morgan (prop/second-row) 24. Michael Smith (centre/stand-off) 25. John Newlove (centre/stand-off) 26. Cyril Woolford (wing) (2015) 27. Charlie Stone (prop/second-row) 28. Paul Coventry (wing/centre) 29. Paul Newlove (centre) 30. Peter Fox (coach) (2016) 31. Cyril Kellett (fullback) 32. Michael Gibbins (prop) 33. Harold Box (fullback) (2017) 34. Willis Fawley (hooker)

Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame Inductees

Original Inductees
(1994)

Additional Inductees