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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Johnny Lambie<br />
| fullname = John Alexander Lambie<br />
| image = John Lambie (1868–1923).png<br />
| caption = With London Caledonians in 1894<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|12|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gorbals]], Scotland<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|1923|12|25|1868|12|18}}<ref name="Men Who Made"/><br />
| death_place = [[London]], England<br />
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]<br />
| years1 = 1885–1888 <br />
| clubs1 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] <br />
| clubs2 = [[London Caledonians F.C.|London Caledonians]]<br />
| clubs3 = [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthian]], <br />
| clubs4 = [[Swifts F.C.|Swifts]] <br />
| years5 = 1893–1894 <br />
| clubs5 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 1887–1888<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 2<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
}}<br />
'''John Alexander Lambie''' (18 December 1868 – 25 December 1923) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] in the 1880s and 1890s. He still holds the records as the youngest [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] player and captain of all time.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Lambie was a regular in the [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] first team by the age of 16, and quickly won the [[Scottish Cup]] in [[1886 Scottish Cup Final|1886]].<ref name ="QPFC">[http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/l/lambiera.htm Name: Lambie, John Alexander], QPFC.com</ref> He had been due to make his international debut for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] in a game against [[Ireland national football team (IFA)|Ireland]] on 20 March 1886 aged 17 but had to withdraw at short notice, and due to his replacement [[James Kelly (footballer, born 1865)|James Kelly]] scoring (on his own debut) this has been recorded erroneously as among the youngest feats of international goalscoring.<ref name=rsssoldyoung>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oldest-youngest.html Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football], [[RSSSF]], 20 September 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/scotlands-youngest-internationalist-the-strange-tale-of-johnny-lambie Scotland's youngest internationalist: the strange tale of Johnny Lambie], Scottish Sport History, 1 May 2020</ref> However, Lambie was still barely 18 when he did play against the same opposition on 19 February 1887 in a 4–1 win for Scotland and was appointed captain for the occasion, setting national records<ref>[https://londonhearts.com/scotland/players/young50.html 50 Youngest Scotland Players], London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 12 July 2021</ref><ref>[https://londonhearts.com/scotland/players/youngcap50.html 50 Youngest Scotland Captains], London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 12 July 2021</ref> (the captaincy record still stands as of 2025, in which year the appearance record was broken by [[James Wilson (footballer, born 2007)|James Wilson]]; in 1888, [[Willie Groves]] set the mark for youngest goalscorer).<ref>[https://londonhearts.com/scotland/players/youngs50.html 50 Youngest Scotland Scorers], London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 12 July 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wilson becomes youngest Scotland men's international|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cyvezv43qj6o |date=24 March 2025 |access-date=8 April 2025 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref> In an era when international fixtures were far less common than modern times and with differing selection conventions, Lambie's second and final [[Cap (sport)|cap]] was against [[England national football team|England]] on 17 March 1888; Scotland lost 5–0.<ref>[http://londonhearts.com/scotland/players/johnalexanderlambie.html (Scotland player) John Lambie], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref><br />
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His international career was effectively ended when he moved to [[London]] for business reasons in May 1888, where he appeared for [[London Caledonians F.C.|London Caledonians]], [[Corinthian F.C.|the Corinthians]],<ref>[https://www.andrewwatsoncorinthian.co.uk/Scottish-corinthians Scottish Corinthians] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030052134/https://www.andrewwatsoncorinthian.co.uk/scottish-corinthians |date=30 October 2021 }}, Andrew Watson: Corinthian</ref> [[Swifts F.C.|Swifts]] and the [[London XI|city's representative side]].<ref name="Men Who Made"/> He made a guest appearance for Queen's Park under a [[pseudonym]] in the [[1892 Scottish Cup Final]],<ref name="Men Who Made">{{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Andy | url=https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html |title = The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 | publisher = Amazon | year = 2021 | isbn=9798513846642}}</ref> then featured more regularly for the ''Spiders'' in the 1893–94 season<ref name ="QPFC"/> before returning to England.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His younger brother [[William Lambie (footballer)|William]] was also a noted footballer with Queen's Park and Scotland (he too won the Scottish Cup and made his international debut while a teenager);<ref>[http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/l/lambiew.htm Name: Lambie, William], QPFC.com</ref><ref>[https://londonhearts.com/scotland/players/williamallanlambie.html (Scotland player) William Lambie], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref> A third brother, Robert, also featured for Queen's Park; the three siblings' careers barely overlapped in terms of playing together.<ref>[http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/l/lambiera.htm Name: Lambie, Robert Alexander], QPFC.com</ref><ref>[https://www.electricscotland.com/history/sport/football/chapter30.htm Chapter XXX.—Famous Brothers], History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland </ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Scotland national football team captains]]<br />
*[[List of Scottish football families]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{SFA profile|113484}}<br />
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[[Category:1868 births]]<br />
[[Category:1923 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Glasgow]]<br />
[[Category:Scotland men's international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]<br />
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:London Caledonians F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Corinthian F.C. players]]<br />
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