7 December: marking the anniversary of the death of Arsenal’s most prolific goalscorer

7 December 1940 On 7 December 1940: Jack Lambert, then Arsenal’s reserve coach, died in car accident aged 38.  He had played 143 league games for Arsenal and scored an amazing 98 league goals making him the most prolific goal scorer who played over 100 games, in Arsenal’s entire history. And yet Jack Lambert was an …