Eugene Mayer
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- Norfolk, Virginia, US
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Position Halfback
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Born February 14, 1892
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Died October 21, 1918 (aged 26)
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Listed weight 172 lb (78 kg)
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College Virginia (1912–1915)
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Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer (February 14, 1892 – October 21, 1918) was an American football player. He played college football at the halfback position for the University of Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915. In 1915, he became the first football player from a Southern school to be recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Mayer died during World War I while serving in the United States Army. He was posthumously inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Mayer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1892. His father, Eugene L. Mayer, was a Virginia native who worked in the mill supplies business and later as a merchant in the hardware business. Mayer had three brothers and four sisters.
Position Halfback
Personal information
Born February 14, 1892
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Died October 21, 1918 (aged 26)
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Listed weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
College Virginia (1912–1915)
Awards and highlights
Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer (February 14, 1892 – October 21, 1918) was an American football player. He played college football at the halfback position for the University of Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915. In 1915, he became the first football player from a Southern school to be recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Mayer died during World War I while serving in the United States Army. He was posthumously inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Mayer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1892. His father, Eugene L. Mayer, was a Virginia native who worked in the mill supplies business and later as a merchant in the hardware business. Mayer had three brothers and four sisters.
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Position Halfback
Personal information
Born February 14, 1892
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Died October 21, 1918 (aged 26)
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Listed weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
College Virginia (1912–1915)
Awards and highlights
Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer (February 14, 1892 – October 21, 1918) was an American football player. He played college football at the halfback position for the University of Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915. In 1915, he became the first football player from a Southern school to be recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Mayer died during World War I while serving in the United States Army. He was posthumously inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Mayer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1892. His father, Eugene L. Mayer, was a Virginia native who worked in the mill supplies business and later as a merchant in the hardware business. Mayer had three brothers and four sisters.
Position Halfback
Personal information
Born February 14, 1892
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Died October 21, 1918 (aged 26)
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Listed weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
College Virginia (1912–1915)
Awards and highlights
Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer (February 14, 1892 – October 21, 1918) was an American football player. He played college football at the halfback position for the University of Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915. In 1915, he became the first football player from a Southern school to be recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Mayer died during World War I while serving in the United States Army. He was posthumously inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Mayer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1892. His father, Eugene L. Mayer, was a Virginia native who worked in the mill supplies business and later as a merchant in the hardware business. Mayer had three brothers and four sisters.
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