Probably the most colourful personality to play on the North West coast, and East Devonport's 250 games record holder until recent years. Lindsay Webb hit the headlines in 1951 when, while coaching East, he was disqualified for life for striking field umpire Lloyd Digney in a Union roster match against Burnie. After 12 months he appealed against the severity of the sentence and it was reduced to two years. He resumed playing for East five games after the start of the 1953 season and was chosen in the NWFU team which defeated the TFL at North Hobart for the first time. Webb kicked five goals. That performance earned him selection in the Tasmanian side to play the Australian Amateurs. Webb began his football with Wesley Vale in the NWFA at age 13 1/2 and played with the club until he joined the army at the age of 18. After 3 and a half years service he returned to East Devonport and played in the premiership team of 1946. He was vice captain the following season.

Webb played for Tasmania in the 1947 carnival at Hobart and towards the end of that season coach Milburne left the club and Webb was appointed to take over. he also won the club's best and Fairest that year; a feat he also repeated in 1953 and 1954. He was vice captain to Bernie Waldron in 1948, another premiership year, and again in 1949 and vice captain to "Rattler" Summers in 1950. He coached East in 1954 and 1955, making the finals in both years (fourth and third), after the club had finished last in 1953. He was coach of east Devonport when a youngster named Darrel Baldock made his debut in 1955.

Webb joined Devonport in 1956 and was selected in the Perth carnival team. In 1957 he rejoined East as a player until the end of 1959 when he announced his retirement.
In 1961 he returned as playing coach of CHFA club Stanley for three seasons, winning the flag in 1961 for the first time in 13 years, being eliminated in the preliminary final the following year and beaten by five points by Smithton in the 1963 grand final.
Webb returned to East as a player in 1964 but the following season returned to Wesley Vale where he began his football.
In 1966 he was back at East, playing mainly in the reserves and, on occasions, sitting on the bench as reserve for the seniors.
He quit for good at the end of that season. He was runner up to Len Hayes in the 1949 Wander Medal for NWFU Best and Fairest and to Ray Stokes in the 1954 medal.
In 1953 he won the NWFU's intrastate award, the Alstergren Trophy.

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Lindsay Webb - A Tasmanian Football Legend