Mark Lazarus
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 December 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Stepney, Greater London | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1958 | Barking | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | Leyton Orient | 20 | (4) |
| 1960–1961 | Queens Park Rangers | 37 | (19) |
| 1961–1962 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | (3) |
| 1962–1964 | Queens Park Rangers | 81 | (28) |
| 1964–1966 | Brentford | 62 | (20) |
| 1966–1967 | Queens Park Rangers | 88 | (29) |
| 1967–1969 | Crystal Palace | 63 | (17) |
| 1969–1972 | Leyton Orient | 82 | (14) |
| 1972–1977 | Folkestone | 164 | (17) |
| Ilford F.C. | |||
| Wingate & Finchley | |||
| Total | 606 | (151) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Lazarus (born 5 December 1938) is an English, retired, professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made more than 400 Football League appearances, scoring over 100 goals. A prominent Jewish player, he initially chose football over boxing and followed manager first to Leyton Orient and then Queens Park Rangers. He transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a club record fee, but due to a clash with manager Stan Cullis, he moved back to QPR after only nine games. He then played for Brentford before signing again for Queens Park Rangers. In his third stint with QPR he scored the winning goal for the club in the 1967 League Cup Final. He moved to Crystal Palace in December 1967. He moved back to Leyton Orient, before moving onto non-league football where he saw out his football career.
Lazarus, who was Jewish, was born on 5 December 1938 in Stepney, London. He said, of growing up in a Jewish family, "There was no antisemitism in the East End - that came later when we moved to Chadwell Heath, in Essex, when I was six. We were the only Jewish family in the area and I had fights every day on the way to school. Two of his brothers were boxers, one of whom, Lew Lazar, fought for the British title at Welterweight and Middleweight. He initially followed his brothers into boxing, having fought a few amateur fights. At the request of his father Isaac, he became an apprentice upholsterer in order to ensure that he had a trade once any potential sporting career ended.
He was also a schoolboy player for both Fulham and Chelsea. He also played football for his school and district sides, and played in the same Saturday team as Jimmy Greaves. In 1953 when he was 15 years old he joined Wingate Football Club, which was all Jewish.
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