John Harold Lambert
Position: LB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1952 in Mantua, OH
College: Kent State
Career AV: 114 (53rd overall since 1950)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1990
9-time Pro Bowler & 6-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1974 | 22 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1975* | 23 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| 1976*+ | 24 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| 1977* | 25 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1978* | 26 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1979*+ | 27 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 1980*+ | 28 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 1981*+ | 29 | PIT | MLB | 58 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| 1982*+ | 30 | PIT | RILB | 58 | 8 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| 1983*+ | 31 | PIT | RILB | 58 | 15 | 15 | 4.0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| 1984 | 32 | PIT | 58 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 146 | 136 | 8.0 | 28 | 243 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 107 | 0 | 142 | |||||||||
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| 1975 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1976 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1977 | UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf. |
| 1978 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1979 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1980 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1981 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1982 | UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1983 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |