Career
He also earned ten international caps for his national team
signed Lennox from Scottish Junior team Ardeer Recreation on provisional forms in 1961 at the age of 18, and he made his first team debut the following March. He went on to score 273 goals in all competitions, second only to "s all time top scorer Jimmy McGrory"s total of 468 goals. Of his 273 goals, 167 were scored in the Scottish league, making him the fifth top league scorer in He scored in 13 consecutive league games (21 goals) between 2nd March 1968 and 7th September 1968, a record only beaten by Evelyn Morrison of Falkirk in the 1928/1929 season, who scored in 14 consecutive league games and equalled by Finn Dossing of Dundee United in the 1964/1965 season.
Below are details of that 13 game streak (goals scored in brackets);
07/09/1968 vs Clyde 3-0 (1)
30/04/1968 vs Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 (2)
20/04/1968 vs Morton 2-1 (1)
13/04/1968 vs Dundee 5-2 (2)
10/04/1968 vs Aberdeen 1-0 (1)
06/04/1968 vs Heart of Midlothian 2-0 (1)
30/03/1968 vs Dundee United 5-0 (2)
25/03/1968 vs Street Johnstone 6-1 (4)
23/03/1968 vs Raith Rovers 5-0 (1)
16/03/1968 vs Falkirk 3-0 (1)
13/03/1968 vs Airdrieonians 4-0 (1)
06/03/1968 vs Aberdeen 4-1 (3)
02/03/1968 vs Kilmarnock 6-0 (1)
He played in a second European Cup final with in 1970, losing 2–1 after extra time to Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands at the San Siro stadium, Milan.
He was an extremely fast winger and was known by fans as "Buzz Bomb" or "Lemon" as they thought he made defenders look like "suckers". He left in March 1978, and moved to the United States to play for Houston Hurricane in their debut season in the NASL. After a disappointing 3 goals in 30 games for a struggling team, he got a surprise offer to rejoin in September 1978.
lieutenant was a good move, as took the League Championship that year and the Scottish Cup in 1980. He was the last Lisbon Lion to retire as a player when he joined "s coaching staff in November 1980.
He scored one of the goals in the famous victory over the then reigning Fédération internationale de football association World Cup holders England at Wembley in 1967, Englands first defeat since winning the trophy.
The goal made him the first player to score for at Wembley, and he later said it was a major moment in his life. Although he thought there was no particular bias, he believes that he and several of his team mates should have received more caps than they were given. His last appearance for was against Wales in 1970 at Hampden Park which resulted in a 0–0 draw.
Lennox was much admired by his fellow professionals, such as the Manchester United and England legend Bobby Charlton who said of him
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Another football legend Alfredo Di Stefano of Real Madrid said of him,
He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2005 and was also awarded an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1981.
Lennox published his autobiography, "A Million Miles Foreign ", in 1982. He continues his connection with as a match day host and is the Honorary President of the Houston Bobby Lennox Club.
