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.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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