Charles Leroy "Roy" (Bob) Mackert (February 2, 1894 – February 12, 1942) was an

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player. He played professional football for the

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for one season in 1925. Mackert played

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for

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, and returned there in 1935 as the line coach. Mackert was born on February 2, 1894, in

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. He attended

Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private college in Annville, Pennsylvania. History Lebanon Valley was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class graduating in 1870 ...

and then the

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.Roy Mackert Past Stats
, Database Football, retrieved June 12, 2009. He played as a fullback on the Maryland football team during the 1919 and 1920 seasons.Maryland Beaten By Tiger Warriors; Team from the South Falls Before Princeton
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'', October 10, 1920. Mackert played for the

in the

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(NFL) for the 1925 season. Mackert saw action in two games, including one

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, as a

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and a tackle.John Maxymuk
Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25)
Uniform Numbers of the NFL: Pre-1933 Defunct Teams, retrieved June 12, 2009.
Pro Football Reference, retrieved June 12, 2009. By November 1925, George Mulligan of the

Hartford Blues The Hartford Blues of the National Football League played only in the 1926 NFL season, with a record of 3–7. The team was based in Hartford, Connecticut but played at the East Hartford Velodrome. Hall of Famers Season-by-season Reference ...

signed Mackert to play for the team alongside Obie Bristow, Steve Owen and Don Miller of Notre Dame's

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. The Blues would become an NFL franchise a year later in

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. In 1926, Mackert returned to his alma mater as an assistant alongside

Burton Shipley Howard Burton Shipley (January 17, 1890 – February 22, 1976) was a multi-sport athlete and coach for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland. He is probably most remembered as the first and long-time head coach of the men's basket ...

under head coach

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. In 1935, he served as the line coach under

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. During

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, Mackert enlisted in the

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. Although several sources, including the

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claim that he was killed during the war, he died at a hospital in

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after a lengthy illness unrelated to the conflict. The Charles Leroy Mackert Award was named in his honor and acknowledged the most outstanding wrestlers at the University of Maryland. He was inducted into the

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in 1982.University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees
University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.

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