Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player.

Adrian Maurer
Personal information
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)
Career information
College:Oglethorpe
Position:Running back
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Championships

Honors

  • All-SIAA (1923)
  • second-team All-Southern (1923, 1925)
  • Oglethorpe University Athletic Hall of Fame

Oglethorpe University

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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

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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

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He was captain of the 1924 team which won the SIAA championship.

1925

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The 1925 team was again SIAA champion.[4]

Newark Bears

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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

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  1. ^ "Adrian Maurer". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "The Telegraph's All-Southern". Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. pp. 3, 6.
  4. ^ "The Flight of the Stormy Petrel". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "Adrian Maurer". Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  6. ^ 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).