He is the namesake of Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, where Tennessee plays baseball.
Lindsay was a prominent fullback for the Tennessee Volunteers football team.
He was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1914 team, selected All-Southern.
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.