He played Gaelic football with his local club Ardfinnan and also with Cork team Nemo Rangers, and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1991 until 2003.
He made his last appearance for Tipperary against Donegal in July 2003 in the 2003 All-Ireland qualifiers.
In 2005 Lambert was player-manager as Ardfinnan won their first Tipperary Senior Football Championship since 1974 with a 1-5 to 1-4 win against Loughmore-Castleiney.
[2] He also played with Munster in the Railway Cup in 1995, 1996, and was part of the winning team in 1999 that defeated Connacht 0-10 to 0-7 in the final.
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