Menz Lindsey American football player

Ellis Menzies Lindsey (July 25, 1897 – September 20, 1961) was an attorney as well as a professional football player in the early 1920s. Lindsey was a quarterback for the Evansville Crimson Giants of the National Football League in 1921. He was also a co-manager of the semi-pro Evansville Ex-Collegians in 1920, before joining the Crimson Giants. After a dispute with Crimson Giants' owner Frank Fausch, Lindsey tried to re-establish the Ex-Collegians team. The new team was back by Evansville's baseball club and named the Evansville Pros. However that team last only two games before folding.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 25, 1897
Birth place
Boonville Indiana , Indiana
Date of deathSeptember 20, 1961

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American football player

Position
Quarterback
teams
Evansville Crimson Giants

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Menz Lindsey on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/19691960necrology.htm
  2. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/14-04-466.pdf