B. J. Lamb

B. J. Lamb

Lamb cropped from 1908 team picture.
Auburn Tigers
Position	Tackle
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Auburn (1908; 1910–1912)
Personal information
Date of birth	November 5, 1887
Place of birth	Eutaw, Alabama
Date of death	September 12, 1928 (aged 40)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1911, 1912)

Benjamin Joseph "Sheep" Lamb (November 5, 1887 – September 12, 1928) was a college football player.

Auburn University

Lamb was a prominent tackle for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University in 1908 and from 1910 to 1912. He was twice All-Southern.^[1]

1911

In the 1911 game with Georgia, after disease had swept through the team, Reynolds Tichenor begged his team to win for Donahue, implying he was very sick indeed. Lamb led the attack, even with a broken hand from the week before, once late saying "We've fit this far. We ain't but a second or two to go. Now let's go fight'em some more." Lamb knocked three different centers unconscious en route to preserving a scoreless tie.^[2] Lamb practiced tackling on trees.^[3]

References

1. "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10.
2. Ernie Couch. SEC Football Trivia.
3. "New Book On Auburn Is Most Informative". Gadsden Times. August 25, 1973.