Hobart and William Smith Colleges Athletics

Arthur W. Lambert '58 was a four-year letterwinner in basketball and three-year letterwinner in football, excelling in both sports while at Hobart. As a quarterback, he guided some of the best teams in Hobart football history. In his three years at the helm of the offense, Hobart posted a record of 18-2-1 and the 6-0 team of 1957 is the most recent undefeated team in Hobart history. He earned All-American honors as a senior and was the team's Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957. Lambert set all the school's passing records, most of which stood until they were broken in 1967 by Michael Hanna '68. Perhaps Lambert's most impressive record was the total offense record of 2,319 yards in three seasons which stood until fellow Hall of Famer Donald Aleksiewicz '72 rushed for 4,525 yards in four years. Lambert also left his mark on the Hobart basketball record book. Captain of the team in 1956, he led the squad in scoring for three seasons and was only the second player in Hobart history to pass the 1,000 career point mark. Second on the all-time scoring list with 1,068 points when he graduated, he averaged 15.3 points per game is the sixth best mark in Hobart basketball history.