Adrian Maurer Explained

Adrian Maurer
Birth Date:	7 April 1901
Birth Place:	Canton, Ohio
Death Place:	San Francisco, California
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	8
Weight Lbs:	185
College:	Oglethorpe
Position:	Running back
Pastteams:	Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels (1923–1925) Newark Bears (1926)
Highlights:	Championships 2 SIAA (1924, 1925) Honors All-SIAA (1923) second-team All-Southern (1923, 1925) Oglethorpe University Athletic Hall of Fame

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adrian Maurer. February 23, 2015.
2. Web site: Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame. February 24, 2015. March 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330200814/https://www.gopetrels.com/information/Athletic_Hall_of_Fame. dead.
3. News: The Telegraph's All-Southern. Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. 3; 6.
4. Web site: The Flight of the Stormy Petrel. February 23, 2015.
5. Web site: Adrian Maurer . February 23, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223220707/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAUREADR01 . 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).