Adrian Maurer
Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player.
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Born: | Canton, Ohio | April 7, 1901
Died: | May 4, 1943 42) San Francisco, California | (aged
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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College: | Oglethorpe |
Position: | Running back |
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Oglethorpe University
He played college football as a running back for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team of Oglethorpe University. He was inducted into the Oglethorpe University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1962.[1][2]
1923
Maurer was selected second-team All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News,[3] and first team All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) by various writers including Morgan Blake.[3]
Newark Bears
He played professionally with the Newark Bears.[5] The Bears are remembered for the team's financially weak ownership group, which led to the folding of the team mid-season.[6] The team played only five games before folding in October.
References
- "Adrian Maurer". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- "Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- "The Telegraph's All-Southern". Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. pp. 3, 6.
- "The Flight of the Stormy Petrel". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- "Adrian Maurer". Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen and Rick Korch, The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football, From 1892 to the Present, St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (1994).
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