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Dale Lindsey Date of birth January 18, 1943 Place of birth Bedford, Indiana Position(s) Linebacker
Linebackers coachCollege Western Kentucky
KentuckyNFL Draft 1965 / Round 7 / Pick 97 Stats Playing stats Pro Football Reference Playing stats DatabaseFootball Team(s) as a player 1965-1972
1973Cleveland Browns
New Orleans SaintsTeam(s) as a coach/administrator 1979-1982
1983
1984-1985
1986-1987
1990
1991
1992-1996
1997-1998
1999-2001
2002-2003
2004-2006
2007
2009-presentToronto Argonauts (CFL)
Boston Breakers (USFL)
New Jersey Generals (USFL)
Green Bay Packers
New England Patriots
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Diego Chargers
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears
San Diego Chargers
Washington Redskins
University of San Diego
New Mexico StatePhillip Dale Lindsey (born January 18, 1943 in Bedford, Indiana) is a former American football linebacker and coach in the National Football League. He also spent time as a coach in the Canadian Football League and the United States Football League. He is currently the defensive coordinator for New Mexico State.
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Early life
Lindsey attended and played high school football at Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was an All-State player.
College career
After high school, Lindsey signed with the University of Kentucky, where he was part of the infamous Thin Thirty team, but quit the team in the spring of his freshman year. He then transferred to Western Kentucky University, where he starred on WKU's undefeated 1963 team that won the Tangerine Bowl.
Professional career
As a player
Lindsey was drafted in the seventh round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, where he played from 1965 to 1972. He then signed with the New Orleans Saints in 1973.
As a coach
After his playing career, Lindsey was a coach for several different NFL teams, including the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears and the San Diego Chargers. He was also a coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and the Boston Breakers and the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League.
In 1988, Coach Lindsey joined Forrest Gregg at SMU. As the Defensive Coordinator, he helped to revitalize the historic SMU football program after the NCAA executed its one and only death penalty for a college football program. Based upon the devastation of this cruel and unusual penalty, the NCAA spared the Florida Gators, the next program whose violations warranted the penalty. During the 1989 season, SMU's first season back after 1987, Coach Lindsey's defense was instrumental in SMU's wins over UConn and North Texas.
He was terminated as the linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins on January 16, 2007. This was his second stint with Washington. He was one of several former NFL coordinators serving as a position coach on the Redskins' coach staff.
Lindsey had a reputation with the Redskins as a tough coach. His feud with LaVar Arrington during the 2005 season led to Arrington's release and subsequent signing with the New York Giants.
Lindsey, now a resident of San Diego, California, lost his home in the wildfires of October 2007.
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Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Bedford, Indiana
- American football linebackers
- Western Kentucky University alumni
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football players
- Cleveland Browns players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Canadian Football League coaches
- United States Football League coaches
- Green Bay Packers coaches
- New England Patriots coaches
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