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{{Short description|American football player and sports coach (1895–1980)}} |
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{{Infobox college coach |
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| name = Adrian Lindsey |
| name = Adrian Lindsey |
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| sport = [[American football|Football]] |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|8|15}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|8|15}} |
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| birth_place = [[Vienna, Illinois]] |
| birth_place = [[Vienna, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age |1980|10|2 |1895|8|15 |
| death_date = {{death date and age |1980|10|2 |1895|8|15}} |
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| death_place = [[Eudora, Kansas]] |
| death_place = [[Eudora, Kansas]], U.S. |
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| player_sport1 = Football |
| player_sport1 = Football |
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| championships = 1 [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference|KCAC]] (1925) |
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'''Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey''' (August 15, 1895 – October 2, 1980) was an [[American football]] player and coach of football and [[baseball]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former KU, Bethany grid coach 'Ad' Lindsey dies |date=October 3, 1980 |work=[[The Salina Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7526188/former_ku_bethany_grid_coach_ad/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }} |
'''Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey''' (August 15, 1895 – October 2, 1980) was an [[American football]] player and coach of football and [[baseball]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former KU, Bethany grid coach 'Ad' Lindsey dies |date=October 3, 1980 |work=[[The Salina Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7526188/former_ku_bethany_grid_coach_ad/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> He served as the head football coach at [[Bethany College (Kansas)|Bethany College]] in [[Lindsborg, Kansas]] from 1922 to 1926, at the [[University of Oklahoma]] from 1927 to 1931, and at the [[University of Kansas]] from 1932 to 1938, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 66–64–16. Lindsey was also the head baseball coach at Kansas for one season in 1921, tallying a mark of 13–2. |
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==Early life== |
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</ref> He served as the head football coach at [[Bethany College (Kansas)|Bethany College]] in [[Lindsborg, Kansas]] from 1922 to 1926, at the [[University of Oklahoma]] from 1927 to 1931, and at the [[University of Kansas]] from 1932 to 1938, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 66–64–16. Lindsey was also the head baseball coach at Kansas for one season in 1921, tallying a mark of 13–2. |
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[[File:111-SC-153740 89th Division football team wins championship match from St. Nazaire team, final score 13-0. Parc des Princes, Auteuil, Paris, Seine, France (cropped).jpg|thumb|230px|left|89th Division team, Lindsey at top left]] |
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Lindsey played football at the University of Kansas from 1914 to 1916. During [[World War I]], he served as a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] officer in France. As part of the occupation force after the Armistice, Lindsey played right halfback for the [[89th Infantry Division (United States)|89th Division]] squad that won the AEF football championship in March 1919. [[Bob Higgins (American football)|Bob Higgins]], [[Paul Withington]], [[Charles H. Gerhardt|Charles Gerhardt]] and [[George Clark (American football coach)|George Clark]] were also members of the squad.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theworldwar.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/wwi-kansas-history-football.pdf |title=Kansas Football "Over There" |first=Doran L. |last=Cart |date=Autumn 2006 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=194–199 |magazine=Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains |access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> |
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==Coaching career== |
==Coaching career== |
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Lindsey began the 1932 season at Kansas as an assistant to [[Homer Woodson Hargiss]]. |
Lindsey began the 1932 season at Kansas as an assistant to [[Homer Woodson Hargiss]]. Hargiss was fired as head football coach on October 10, 1932, two days after the Jawhawks lost at home to [[1932 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]], 21–6. Lindsey succeeded Hargiss as acting head coach with athletic director and head basketball coach [[Phog Allen]] overseeing the football program in a supervisory role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kansas Fires Grid Coach After Defeat |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1R1JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4288,784291 |newspaper=[[The Hour (newspaper)|The Norwalk Hour]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 11, 1932 |access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref> |
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==Head coaching record== |
==Head coaching record== |
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===Football=== |
===Football=== |
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = no| poll = no |
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = no | poll = no}} |
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead |
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| name = [[Bethany Terrible Swedes football|Bethany Terrible Swedes]] |
| name = [[Bethany Terrible Swedes football|Bethany Terrible Swedes]] |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 5–3 |
| overall = 5–3 |
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| conference = |
| conference = 5–3 |
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| confstanding = 6th |
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| bowloutcome = no |
| bowloutcome = no |
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| ranking = no |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 2–7 |
| overall = 2–7 |
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| conference = |
| conference = 2–7 |
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| confstanding = 13th |
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| bowloutcome = no |
| bowloutcome = no |
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| ranking = no |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 4–3–2 |
| overall = 4–3–2 |
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| conference = |
| conference = 4–3–2 |
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| confstanding = 6th |
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| bowloutcome = no |
| bowloutcome = no |
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| ranking = no |
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry |
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry |
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| championship = conference |
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| year = [[1925 college football season|1925]] |
| year = [[1925 college football season|1925]] |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 7–0 |
| overall = 7–0 |
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| conference = |
| conference = 7–0 |
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| confstanding = T–1st |
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| bowloutcome = no |
| bowloutcome = no |
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| ranking = no |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 6–2 |
| overall = 6–2 |
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| conference = |
| conference = 6–1 |
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| confstanding = T–2nd |
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| bowloutcome = no |
| bowloutcome = no |
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| ranking = no |
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| name = Bethany |
| name = Bethany |
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| overall = 24–15–2 |
| overall = 24–15–2 |
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| confrecord = 24–14–2 |
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| bowls = no |
| bowls = no |
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| poll = no |
| poll = no |
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| legend = no |
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==Baseball== |
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{{CBB yearly record start |
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| type = coach |
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |
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| conference= [[Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] |
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| startyear = 1921 |
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| endyear = single |
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| season = [[1921 NCAA baseball season|1921]] |
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| name = Kansas |
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| overall = 13–2 |
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal| |
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| name = Kansas |
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| overall = {{Winning percentage|13|2|record=y}} |
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| overall = {{Winning percentage|13|2|record=y}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{Find a Grave|27319784}} |
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[[Category:1895 births]] |
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[[Category:1980 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Vienna, Illinois]] |
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[[Category:American football halfbacks]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 8 August 2024
Biographical details | |
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Born | Vienna, Illinois, U.S. | August 15, 1895
Died | October 2, 1980 Eudora, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 85)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1916 | Kansas |
Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919–1921 | Kansas (assistant) |
1922–1926 | Bethany (KS) |
1927–1931 | Oklahoma |
1932 | Kansas (assistant) |
1932–1938 | Kansas |
Baseball | |
1921 | Kansas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 66–64–16 (football) 13–2 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KCAC (1925) | |
Adrian Hobart "Ad" Lindsey (August 15, 1895 – October 2, 1980) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball.[1] He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1922 to 1926, at the University of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1931, and at the University of Kansas from 1932 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 66–64–16. Lindsey was also the head baseball coach at Kansas for one season in 1921, tallying a mark of 13–2.
Early life
[edit]Lindsey played football at the University of Kansas from 1914 to 1916. During World War I, he served as a U.S. Army officer in France. As part of the occupation force after the Armistice, Lindsey played right halfback for the 89th Division squad that won the AEF football championship in March 1919. Bob Higgins, Paul Withington, Charles Gerhardt and George Clark were also members of the squad.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Lindsey began the 1932 season at Kansas as an assistant to Homer Woodson Hargiss. Hargiss was fired as head football coach on October 10, 1932, two days after the Jawhawks lost at home to Oklahoma, 21–6. Lindsey succeeded Hargiss as acting head coach with athletic director and head basketball coach Phog Allen overseeing the football program in a supervisory role.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
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Bethany Terrible Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1926) | |||||||||
1922 | Bethany | 5–3 | 5–3 | 6th | |||||
1923 | Bethany | 2–7 | 2–7 | 13th | |||||
1924 | Bethany | 4–3–2 | 4–3–2 | 6th | |||||
1925 | Bethany | 7–0 | 7–0 | T–1st | |||||
1926 | Bethany | 6–2 | 6–1 | T–2nd | |||||
Bethany: | 24–15–2 | 24–14–2 | |||||||
Oklahoma Sooners (MVIAA/Big Six Conference) (1927–1931) | |||||||||
1927 | Oklahoma | 3–3–2 | 2–3 | 7th | |||||
1928 | Oklahoma | 5–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1929 | Oklahoma | 3–3–2 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
1930 | Oklahoma | 4–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1931 | Oklahoma | 4–7–1 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
Oklahoma: | 19–19–6 | 11–12–2 | |||||||
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Six Conference) (1932–1938) | |||||||||
1932 | Kansas | 4–2[n 1] | 3–1[n 1] | T–2nd | |||||
1933 | Kansas | 5–4–1 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1934 | Kansas | 3–4–3 | 1–2–2 | 4th | |||||
1935 | Kansas | 4–4–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1936 | Kansas | 1–6–1 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1937 | Kansas | 3–4–2 | 2–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
1938 | Kansas | 3–6 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
Kansas: | 23–30–8 | 11–18–5 | |||||||
Total: | 66–64–16 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Baseball
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921) | |||||||||
1921 | Kansas | 13–2 | |||||||
Kansas: | 13–2 (.867) | ||||||||
Total: | 13–2 (.867) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The first two games of the season were coached by Homer Woodson Hargiss.
References
[edit]- ^ "Former KU, Bethany grid coach 'Ad' Lindsey dies". The Salina Journal. October 3, 1980 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cart, Doran L. (Autumn 2006). "Kansas Football "Over There"" (PDF). Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains. Vol. 29, no. 3. pp. 194–199. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Kansas Fires Grid Coach After Defeat". The Norwalk Hour. Associated Press. October 11, 1932. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
External links
[edit]- 1895 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Vienna, Illinois
- American football halfbacks
- American football quarterbacks
- Kansas Jayhawks football players
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Kansas Jayhawks baseball coaches
- Bethany Swedes football coaches
- Oklahoma Sooners football coaches
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Sportspeople from Lawrence, Kansas