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Born: | Canton, Ohio | April 7, 1901
Died: | May 4, 1943 San Francisco, California | (aged 42)
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.
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]
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]
He was captain of the 1924 team which won the SIAA championship.
The 1925 team was again SIAA champion. [4]
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.
Personal information | |
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Born: | Canton, Ohio | April 7, 1901
Died: | May 4, 1943 San Francisco, California | (aged 42)
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Oglethorpe |
Position: | Running back |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Championships
Honors
| |
Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player.
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]
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]
He was captain of the 1924 team which won the SIAA championship.
The 1925 team was again SIAA champion. [4]
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.