Ward Lambert

Ward Lambert
Biographical details
Born(1888-05-28)May 28, 1888
Deadwood, Dakota Territory, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1958(1958-01-20) (aged 69)
Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909Wabash
Basketball
1909–1911Wabash
Baseball
c. 1910Wabash
Position(s)Guard (basketball)
Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1912–1916Lebanon HS
1916–1917Purdue
1918–1946Purdue
Baseball
1917Purdue
1919–1935Purdue
1945–1946Purdue
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1949NBL (commissioner)
Head coaching record
Overall371–152 (college basketball)
163–158–7 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
Helms Athletic Foundation National (1932)
Premo-Porretta National (1932)
11× Big Ten
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1960 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

Ward Louis "Piggy" Lambert (May 28, 1888 – January 20, 1958) was an American basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Purdue University during the 1916–17 season and from 1918 to 1946. Lambert was also the head baseball coach at Purdue in 1917, from 1919 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1946. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960.