but for the fact that the rest of the players got jealous and started to work." The same publication noted that Michigan's game with Cornell (a 42–0 win) found "Weston [Michigan's quarterback) and Lambert feeling like the historical million dollars." The Detroit Free Press credited Lambert with "opening inviting holes" for Michigan's backs in the Cornell game. Prior to the final game of the 1917 season against Northwestern, Lambert, Archie Weston and two other Michigan players were declared ineligible. In Lambert's case, the ruling was due to a Western Conference rule limiting players to three years of varsity sport, which Lambert had used while at West Virginia Wesleyan. The Michiganensian noted: "Several little matters, like Conference rules and studies, kept several Michiganders out of the Northwestern fray ... It was decided that Lambert had played enough football, although he was ranking high in his studies." The Michigan Alumnus noted: "Since Weston had gained about 75 percent of the ground gained by Michigan this fall, and Lambert had secured nearly 90 percent of the tackles made by the defense, the loss of these men was a serious blow." On losing to Northwestern without Lambert in the lineup, Coach Yost complained that "the defense was in the law library." At the end of the 1917 football season, Lambert was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune. Eckersall also placed Lambert on his All-Western team. While attending Michigan, Lambert was also a member of the Griffins, the Archons, the Barristers, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Phi, and Michigamua. He was also chosen to serve as a student member of the university's Board in Control of Athletics for the year 1918–19. Later years After graduating from Michigan, Lambert practiced law in Ohio. At the time of the 1930 Census, he was living in Youngstown, Ohio and working as an attorney for a steel corporation. In his later years, Lambert lived and practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio. In his draft registration card completed following the U.S. entry into World War II, Lambert indicated that he was living in Cleveland and self-employed. Lambert never married and died in 1970 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland; he was a resident of Lakewood, Ohio at the time of his death. References American football centers Michigan Wolverines football players University of Michigan Law School alumni Ohio lawyers People from Clay, West Virginia People from Lakewood,