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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.

1923

Maurer was selected second-team All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News, and first team All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) by various writers including Morgan Blake.

1924

He was captain of the 1924 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. The team played only five games before folding in October.

References

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. ^ "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).

• 1901 births
• 1943 deaths
• American football running backs
• Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football players
• Newark Bears (AFL) players
• Players of American football from Canton, Ohio