Jack Lindsay (sportsperson)

Jack Lindsay
Washington Huskies
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Died(1898-05-22)May 22, 1898
Career information
High schoolEverett High School

John J. Lindsay was an American college football and basketball player for the Washington Huskies.[1][2][3]

Lindsay was among the 34 drowned in the May 22, 1898 sinking of the schooner Jane Gray, traveling from Seattle to the gold fields at Kotzebue Sound.[4][1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Jenks, Jayson (September 11, 2018). "The tragic tale of Jack Lindsay: Washington's forgotten football hero". The Athletic.
  2. ^ "F.W. Cobb Charles Cobb Papa Cobb football Seattle Athletic Club". The Post-Intelligencer. 1898. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Jack Lindsay captain track team UW Washington 1897". The Post-Intelligencer. 1897. p. 3.
  4. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-1898-shipwrec/188368192/
  5. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-john-j-lindsay-ja/188368737/
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