Rus Lindsay
{{Short description|American football and baseball player (1891–1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Russ Lindsay
|image=
|currentnumber=11
|birth_date={{Birth date|1891|2|17}}
|birth_place=Knoxville, Tennessee
|death_date={{Death date and age|mf=y|1977|3|2|1891|2|17}}
|death_place=
|class=Graduate
|currentposition=Fullback
|school=Tennessee Volunteers
|highschool=Baker-Himel
|pastschools=Tennessee (1913–1916)
|weight_lb=160
|highlights=
- SIAA championship (1914)
- All-Southern (1914)
}}
Robert Medaris "Russ" Lindsay (February 17, 1891 – March 2, 1977) was a college football and baseball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee.
University of Tennessee
He is the namesake of Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, where Tennessee plays baseball.
=Football=
Lindsay was a prominent fullback for the Tennessee Volunteers football team.
==1914==
He was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1914 team, selected All-Southern.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omLzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33 |title=Spalding's Official Football Guide |date=1915 |publisher=NCAA |via=Google Books}} It was the first championship of any kind for the Tennessee program. Winning all nine of their games, the 1914 squad was only the second undefeated team in Tennessee history. The 1914 Vols were retroactively awarded a national championship by 1st-N-Goal, though this remains largely unrecognized.{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Total National Championships |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/tennessee/all_national_champs.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117094217/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/tennessee/all_national_champs.php |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |access-date=June 1, 2010 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse}} A description of the 14 to 7 win over Sewanee in 1914 read, "Lindsay, as usual, ploughed through the opposing line for consistent gains, and when it was absolutely necessary that Tennessee gain a certain number of yards 'Russ' was sure to be called upon."{{Cite journal |year=1915 |title=Athletics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61zOAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA92 |journal=The University of Tennessee Record |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=65–68 |via=Google Books}}
=Baseball=
He was an All-Southern baseball player as well.{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2007 |title=UT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RENOVATE LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM, NAME BASEBALL FIELD |url=https://utsports.com/news/2007/1/29/ut_announces_plans_to_renovate_lindsey_nelson_stadium_name_baseball_field.aspx |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Tennessee Volunteers Athletics}}
References
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External links
- {{findagrave|84457995}}
{{1914_College_Football_Composite_All-Southerns}}
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Category:Tennessee Volunteers football players
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:Players of American football from Knoxville, Tennessee
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Tennessee Volunteers baseball players
Category:Baseball players from Knoxville, Tennessee
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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