Taft’s Founding Football Coach Hal Lambert Passes Away
Hal Lambert, the founding football coach at Taft High in Woodland Hills for 20 seasons beginning in 1960, died Monday. He was 84.
“We opened the school together,” said Ray O’Connor, Lambert’s longtime assistant coach. “Hal was always an energetic worker, and he produced a lot of league-championship teams and coached several all-star teams. He coached several players that went on to the pros. I guess the most famous one was Jeff Fisher.”
A memorial service is scheduled for noon Monday at Groman-Eden in Mission Hills.
Lambert’s career record was 94-80-6. Taft finished undefeated in the regular season in 1965 before eventually losing to LosAngeles in the playoffs.
He is survived by his wife Millie, his daughter Jodi, his son Michael, and one grandchild and two great grandchildren.
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