Adrian Maurer
{{Short description|American football player (1901–1943)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
|name=Adrian Maurer
|birth_date={{birth date|1901|4|7}}
|birth_place=Canton, Ohio
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1943|5|4|1901|4|7}}
|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/adrianmaurer.htm|title=Adrian Maurer|accessdate=February 23, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gopetrels.com/information/Athletic_Hall_of_Fame|title=Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame|accessdate=February 24, 2015|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330200814/https://www.gopetrels.com/information/Athletic_Hall_of_Fame|url-status=dead}}
=1923=
Maurer was selected second-team All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News,{{cite news|url=http://mercercluster.galileo.usg.edu/mercercluster-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/mer/mer1923/mer1923-0107.mets.xml;query=%22all%20southern%22;brand=mercercluster-j2k-brand#page/n0/mode/1up|title=The Telegraph's All-Southern|work=Mercer Cluster|date=December 7, 1923|pages=3; 6}} and first team All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) by various writers including Morgan Blake.
=1924=
=1925=
Newark Bears
He played professionally with the Newark Bears.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAUREADR01 |title=Adrian Maurer |accessdate=February 23, 2015 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223220707/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MAUREADR01 |archivedate=February 23, 2015 }} 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.
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Category:American football running backs
Category:Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football players