Adrian Maurer
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Born: | (1901-04-07)April 7, 1901 Canton, Ohio |
Died: | May 4, 1943(1943-05-04) (aged 42) San Francisco, California |
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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Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player.
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]
1924
He was captain of the 1924 team which won the SIAA championship.
1925
The 1925 team was again SIAA champion.[4]
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.
- ^ a b "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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- Defunct American Football League club (1926)
- Based in Newark, New Jersey
- Team's name was changed to the Newark Demons for its last AFL game in 1926.
- Newark Bears
- Players
- New Jersey Athletic Association
- Harold Hansen
- Davids' Stadium
- Jimmy Brewster
- Goldy Goldstein
- Adrian Maurer
- Ark Newton
- Bob Rives
- Cy Williams
- Doug Wycoff