51 Facts About Terry Lamb

Terry Lamb played 350 games, with the Western Suburbs and Canterbury.

Terry Lamb was known for his support of the ball-carrier - his ability to be in the right place at the right time netted him 164 tries.

Terry Lamb kicked 386 goals and 44 field goals, for 1,442 points in first grade.

Terry Lamb played for New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia.

Terry Lamb is the only player to appear in every match of a Kangaroo Tour.

Terry Lamb grew up in Chester Hill, a suburb in the Bankstown area and attended Sefton High School.

Terry Lamb only played in one Grand Final when he filled in for a side above his age group.

Terry Lamb represented Canterbury in junior representative sides, but signed his first professional contract with Western Suburbs Magpies.

On 18 May 1980, Terry Lamb made his first grade premiership debut for Western Suburbs against Balmain Tigers at Lidcombe Oval.

Terry Lamb scored 9 tries in his debut season and was edged out for the inaugural Dally M Rookie of the Year award by teammate Jim Leis who would go on the Australian 1980 Tour of New Zealand.

Terry Lamb met his halves partner, young Parramatta halfback Peter Sterling, for the first time only two hours before kickoff.

Terry Lamb made his Origin debut at Lang Park playing opposite another young player on the rise, Queensland captain Wally Lewis who had made his test debut against France only a few weeks earlier.

Terry Lamb ruled himself out of the tour as he already planned to marry his partner Kim.

Terry Lamb made 88 appearances for Wests, Terry Lamb was later named as halfback in the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Eighties.

Easts and Balmain both showed interest but eventually Terry Lamb chose the Bulldogs, joining in 1984.

Terry Lamb settled nicely into Canterbury under the coaching of Warren Ryan and playing outside Steve Mortimer.

Terry Lamb's arrival did cause initial controversy when long-serving five-eighth Garry Hughes was dropped to reserve grade in what was to be his final season.

Terry Lamb won a recall to the New South Wales State of Origin side for the 2nd match.

Terry Lamb played well enough to be retained for the 3rd match despite the Blues losing, but withdrew due to injury.

Terry Lamb never won a junior premiership and he was closing in on one at senior level when the Bulldogs made the 1984 Grand Final against arch-rivals Parramatta Eels who were looking to win their fourth successive title.

Terry Lamb was replaced with five minutes remaining due to a nasty gash above his eye.

In 1985, Terry Lamb played 22 games for the Bulldogs, but was forced to miss the 1985 Grand Final due to a groin injury.

Terry Lamb played much of the opening rounds at halfback with captain Steve Mortimer suspended, and was recalled to the New South Wales State of Origin side.

Terry Lamb was selected in all three matches from the bench and went on to be selected in the Australian Test side for the opening match against New Zealand.

Terry Lamb came on from the bench as a replacement for Dale Shearer.

Terry Lamb got more time in the 3rd Test when he came as a replacement for the injured Wayne Pearce playing lock forward.

Terry Lamb was the leading pointscorer for the season, and he would end up scoring 210 points.

Terry Lamb again finished the season as the leagues leading try-scorer however, the club failed to make the finals, finishing 6th in what would prove to be Warren Ryan's last season as coach.

Terry Lamb says that there was no malice, and Hanley was not deliberately targeted.

Terry Lamb was called into action in the first half after Wally Lewis broke his arm in a tackle.

Terry Lamb made himself unavailable for the 1990 Kangaroo Tour despite the controversial omission of Wally Lewis.

Cliff Lyons and Kevin Walters were both selected once Terry Lamb confirmed his unavailability.

The club under the leadership of Terry Lamb developed as a competitive force.

Terry Lamb was captain to a new generation of players coming through the club who would play a big part in the club's successful years ahead including Darren Smith, Dean Pay, Simon Gillies, Matthew Ryan and 1991 Rothmans Medal Winner Ewan McGrady.

The 1991 season was the only time Terry Lamb would be suspended throughout his career when he was sent off for an alleged headbutt on Manly's Geoff Toovey.

Terry Lamb missed the first five matches in 1992 but when he returned he enjoyed one of his finest individual seasons where Canterbury started to be tagged a 'one-man team'.

Terry Lamb lifted the Bulldogs to the brink of the semi-finals before making himself unavailable as the 1992 World Cup loomed.

The Bulldogs won the Minor Premiership with Terry Lamb making it a hat-trick of Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year awards and Anderson winning Dally M Coach of the Year.

Terry Lamb broke his arm in 1994 when playing his 299th first grade match against Wests.

Concord was only used for three League games and Terry Lamb wore No 55 as he was a late inclusion into the side.

Terry Lamb broke the record previously held by Geoff Gerard in the final round, which ironically was against his former club Wests at Campbelltown with both Canterbury and Wests jointly celebrating the occasion.

Terry Lamb spent 10 minutes in the sin bin, but that didn't stop his performance as he steered Canterbury to an impressive victory.

Terry Lamb's planned retirement was shelved as he helped his beloved club for one more season to get through a sudden player departure caused by the Super League War.

Terry Lamb didn't seek the captaincy with Simon Gillies taking on that role and when Gillies was injured for the second half of the season, Terry Lamb again opted not to be captain with Darren Britt taking the reins.

Terry Lamb scored two tries in his final game, just as he had done in his first game 16 years earlier.

Terry Lamb played a record 350 first grade games.

Terry Lamb scored 164 first grade tries, a mark bettered only by Andrew Ettingshausen, Steve Menzies and Ken Irvine.

Menzies' response confirmed his and Terry Lamb's standing among the greats:.

Terry Lamb set many records at Canterbury with the last one, a landmark of 123 tries being broken by winger Hazem El Masri, against the Newcastle Knights in 2006.

Terry Lamb would be acknowledged in 2004 as the Canterbury five-eighth and captain in their 70-years greatest side.

However a website which compiles player and team statistics, RugbyLeagueProject has checked the list of games played and found that while the numbers for Wests tally, it appears that Terry Lamb played an additional game in 1986 in Round 1, where he came off the bench to play.