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

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player.

Oglethorpe University

He played

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as a

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for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team of Oglethorpe University. He was inducted into the Oglethorpe University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1962.

1923

Maurer was selected second-team All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the ''Macon News,'' and first team All-

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(SIAA) by various writers including Morgan Blake.

1924

He was

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of the

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team which won the SIAA championship.

1925

The 1925 team was again SIAA champion.

Newark Bears

He played professionally with the Newark Bears. The Bears are remembered for the team's financially weak ownership group, which led to the folding of the team mid-season.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). The team played only five games before folding in October.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maurer, Adrian 1901 births 1943 deaths American football running backs Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football players Newark Bears (AFL) players Players of American football from Canton, Ohio