William Alexander Lambeth (October 27, 1867 – June 24, 1944)[1][2] was a medical professor who was the first athletic director at the University of Virginia.
He was the namesake of Lambeth Field; the "Colonnades" where the university used to play football before the building of Scott Stadium.
[9] Lambeth was a professor of Materia Medica and Hygiene, Head of the Department of Physical Education, and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at his alma mater.
[1] He worked as athletic director as early as 1892 and was a medical adviser on the Virginia Cavaliers football team.
[7] Lambeth was also a student of architecture with interest in the style of Thomas Jefferson,[4] writing a study of the subject, and of various Italians.