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{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Matt Lambros
| image = Matt Lambros.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lambros with the Toronto Argonauts in 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|02|08}}
| birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| team =
| number = 85, 83<ref name="Pfa"/>
| status =
| import = no
| position1 = Wide receiver
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 210
| college = [[Liberty Flames|Liberty]]
| CFLDraftedYear = 2009
| CFLDraftedRound = 2
| CFLDraftedPick = 10
| CFLDraftedTeam = Toronto Argonauts
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2009}}–{{CFL Year|2010}}
| playing_team1 = [[Toronto Argonauts]]
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2011}}
| playing_team2 = [[Montreal Alouettes]]
| career_highlights =
| CFL = 2415
}}
'''Matthew Lambros''' (born February 8, 1985) is a Canadian former professional [[Canadian football|football]] [[wide receiver]] who played in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He was selected by the [[Toronto Argonauts]] in the second round of the [[2009 CFL draft]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Liberty Flames]]. He was also a member of the [[Montreal Alouettes]].

==Early years==
Lambros was born February 8, 1985, in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].
His father, [[Mike Lambros]], was a [[linebacker]] with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] from 1972 to 1975.<ref name="draft">{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/draft-profile-matt-lambros|title=Draft Profile: Matt Lambros|last=Masters|first=Mark|date=2009-03-08|publisher=CFL.ca|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref> He played football for [[Sir Winston Churchill High School]] in Calgary, where he was named Rookie of the Year and was a three-year letter-winner.<ref name="Flames">{{cite web|url=http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm?PID=10872&RosterID=1156&TeamID=9|title=Player Information: Matt Lambros|work=Liberty Flames Football|publisher=Liberty University|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref>

On the advice of [[Jim Barker]], who coached a football camp he attended during high school, he chose to attend [[Liberty University]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]], for college.<ref name="draft" /> Lambros played for the [[Liberty Flames]] from 2005 to 2008, including the Flames first [[Big South Conference]] championships in 2007 and 2008. He was named to the Big South Presidential Honour Roll in 2006 and 2007.<ref name="Flames" />

==Professional career==
Lambros signed with the Argonauts on May 27, 2009, and joined the [[2009 Toronto Argonauts season]] training camp and participated in the pre-season games. He was released from the active roster and signed to the practice roster at the beginning of the regular season but was activated ahead of the first game of the season, where he made both his first catch and first touchdown against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] on July 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/hot-read-lambros-first-career-td|title=Hot Read: Lambros' first career TD|date=2009-07-02|publisher=CFL.ca|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref> On June 4, 2010, Lambros was released by the Argonauts.

He was signed by the [[Montreal Alouettes]] on February 17, 2011, and released on June 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions-june-2011 |title=CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League |accessdate=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024616/http://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions-june-2011 |archivedate=2011-06-11 }}</ref> However, he was re-signed by the Alouettes and dressed in one game during the 2011 season.<ref name="Pfa">{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/l/lamb02750.html | title=Matt Lambros | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=3 December 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=lambrmat001 Stats Crew profile]
*[http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm?PID=10872&RosterID=1156&TeamID=9 Liberty Flames bio]
*[https://archive.today/20130129022412/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/2373 Montreal Alouettes bio]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambros, Matt}}
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Liberty Flames football players]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Alberta]]
[[Category:Canadian football people from Calgary]]
[[Category:Toronto Argonauts players]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes players]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Alberta]]

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