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.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 15, 1895 Vienna, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 2, 1980 (aged 85) Eudora, Kansas, U.S. |
| 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) | |
Early life
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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
editLindsey 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
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Kansas | 13–2 | |||||||
| Kansas: | 13–2 (.867) | ||||||||
| Total: | 13–2 (.867) | ||||||||
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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.