Career
He played as a forward. After spells with Hungarian club Ferencvárosi TC and English side Sunderland, Lane signed for another English club, Blackpool, in 1913 for ₤400. He made his debut for the club on November 22, 1913, in a 2–2 draw at home to Leeds City, scoring one of Blackpool"s goals.
He went on to make a further 25 appearances during the 1913-1914 campaign, scoring ten more goals.
He scored 28 goals, including two hat-tricks: one in the second league game of the season, a 3–1 victory at Hull City on September 5, 1914, and all of the goals in Blackpool"s victory against Glossop at Bloomfield Road on November 21. In 1915-1916, World War I intervened, leading to the implementation of regional competitions.
Lane served in Egypt with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry during the conflict. When the Football League resumed in 1919-1920, with Blackpool"s new manager, Bill Norman, in his second season in charge, Lane continued where he had left off, netting 26 goals in 30 league appearances.
He scored one hat-trick, in a 6–0 whitewash of Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road on September 8, 1919.
He left Blackpool with two months of the season remaining, joining Birmingham City for a Blackpool club-record fee of ₤3,600. After a spell at Millwall, he finished his playing career with Watford Printing when he was in his 40s. He went on to coach at Barcelona for a period.
Lane died in Abbots Langley in February 1959, aged 66.