Walt Lamb
{{Short description|American football player (1920–1991)}}
{{About|the American football player Walt Lamb|the British classicist|Walter Lamb}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Walt Lamb
| image =
| number = 12
| position = End
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|12|21}}
| birth_place = Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|5|1920|12|21}}
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 195
| high_school = Ardmore (Oklahoma)
| college = Oklahoma (1939–1942)
| draftyear = 1943
| draftround = 10
| draftpick = 89
| pastteams =
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1946}})
| highlights =
- NFL champion (1946)
- First-team All-Big Six (1942)
| pfr = L/LambWa20
}}
Walter G. "Dub" Lamb{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/l/lamb01000.html | title=Walt Lamb | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=28 March 2025}} (December 21, 1920 – January 5, 1991) was an American professional football end who played one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Bears in the tenth round of the 1943 NFL draft after playing college football at the University of Oklahoma.
Early life and college
Walter G. Lamb was born on December 21, 1920, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He attended Ardmore High School in Ardmore.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/l/lamb01000.html | title=Walt Lamb | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=28 March 2025}}
Lamb was a member of the Oklahoma Sooners from 1939 to 1942 and a three-year letterman from 1940 to 1942. He was named first-team All-Big Six by both the Associated Press and United Press his senior year in 1942.{{cite news|title=Names of the Stars|newspaper=Miami Daily News-Record|date=December 8, 1942|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3094190/names_of_the_stars/}}{{cite news|title=Missourans Top Big Six|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 11, 1942|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnQbAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+Six+football+team+up&pg=PA52}}
Professional career
Lamb was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 10th round, with the 89th overall pick, of the 1943 NFL draft. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He finally signed with the Bears in 1946.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/l/lamb01000.html | title=Walt Lamb Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=28 March 2025}} Lamb played in all 11 games, starting three, for the Bears during the 1946 season, catching one pass for ten yards while also recovering one fumble. He also played in the 1946 NFL Championship Game, a 24–14 victory over the New York Giants. He was released in 1947.
Personal life
References
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Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma
Category:American football ends
Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players
Category:Chicago Bears players
Category:Sportspeople from Ardmore, Oklahoma
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II