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Adrian Lindsey
Biographical details
Born(1895-08-15)August 15, 1895
Vienna, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 2, 1980(1980-10-02) (aged 85)
Eudora, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1914–1916Kansas
Position(s)Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1921Kansas (assistant)
1922–1926Bethany (KS)
1927–1931Oklahoma
1932Kansas (assistant)
1932–1938Kansas
Baseball
1921Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall66–64–16 (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

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89th Division team, Lindsey at top left

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

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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

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Football

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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

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Statistics overview
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)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The first two games of the season were coached by Homer Woodson Hargiss.

References

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  1. ^ "Former KU, Bethany grid coach 'Ad' Lindsey dies". The Salina Journal. October 3, 1980 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Kansas Fires Grid Coach After Defeat". The Norwalk Hour. Associated Press. October 11, 1932. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
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