Marcel Lambert

Club career

Lambert was one of the first players of Club Français, which joined the USFSA in March 1894, and on 22 April of the same year, the 17-year-old Lambert started as a forward in the semifinal of the inaugural USFSA championship, which ended in a 0–1 loss to The White Rovers. Together with Lucien Huteau, Gaston Peltier, Georges Garnier, and captain Eugène Fraysse, Lambert was a starter in the Club Français team that won the 1896 USFSA Football Championship without losing a single match, pairing with Daumy at the back, and they formed a strong defensive partnership as they conceded just two goals in eight matches: one against Rovers (4–1 victory on 23 February) and one against Standard AC (4–1 victory on 15 March).

On 26 December 1897, Lambert started in the very first football match in the history of the Parc des Princes in front of 500 spectators, in which Club Français was defeated 1–3 by the English Ramblers. On 28 March 1898, he started in the 1898 Coupe Manier final at the Vélodrome de Vincennes, in which his "superb play" helped his side to a 10–0 win over Paris Star. In the following week, on 3 April, he started in the final of the 1898 USFSA Football Championship against Standard AC at Courbevoie, which ended in a 2–3 loss. In the following year, on 16 April 1899, he started in the play-off match against Standard AC to decide the 1898–99 USFSA Paris championship, which ended in a 3–2 win. This victory qualified the club to the 1899 USFSA national…

Marcel Lambert was born in 1876, and he had a younger brother, André François Leonard Lambert, born on 20 February 1877, and who died from tuberculosis at his home at 173 rue de Vaugirard in the 15th arrondissement of Paris on 8 September 1901, at the young age of 24. His funeral took place two days later at the church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris, and he was then buried in the Parisian cemetery of Bagneux. The date and circumstances of Marcel's death, however, remain unknown.

Club

Club Français USFSA Paris Championship: Champions (2): 1898–99 and 1899–1900 USFSA Football Championship: Runner-up (3): 1898, 1899 and 1900 Coupe Manier: Champions (4): 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1902 Challenge International du Nord: Runner-up (1): 1900

International

France MNT Summer Olympics: Silver medal (1): 1900