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Mayer attended the University of Virginia from 1912 to 1916. While there, he played at the halfback position for the [[Virginia Cavaliers football]] team from 1912 to 1915.<ref name=Great/> He won a spot in the starting lineup as a freshman in 1912.<ref>{{cite news|title=Virginia Coach Expects To Win|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=November 14, 1912|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10110707/virginia_coach_expects_to_win/}}</ref>
Mayer attended the University of Virginia from 1912 to 1916. While there, he played at the halfback position for the [[Virginia Cavaliers football]] team from 1912 to 1915.<ref name=Great/> He won a spot in the starting lineup as a freshman in 1912.<ref>{{cite news|title=Captain Todd To Alternate With Mayer At Hilltop|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=November 13, 1912|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10110757/captain_todd_to_alternate_with_mayer_at/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Virginia Coach Expects To Win|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=November 14, 1912|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10110707/virginia_coach_expects_to_win/}}</ref>


In 1915, Mayer was selected as a first-team All-American by [[International News Service]] sports editor [[Frank G. Menke]] and Eastern football expert [[Parke H. Davis]]. He was the first player from a Southern school to be a consensus first-team All-American.<ref name=Great>{{cite news|title=Great Virginia Players|publisher=University of Virginia Cavaliers|url=http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1109333&DB_OEM_ID=17800}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Patrick Garbin|title=Bob McWhorter: 'Everybody's All-American'|publisher=Patrick Garbin|url=http://www.patrickgarbin.com/bmcwhorter.pdf}}</ref> He led Virginia to an 8-1 record in 1915, scoring five touchdowns in a 74-0 win over Richmond.<ref name=Great/> Mayer's 36 points against Richmond was the most by a UVA player in one game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2171250/the_bee/|work=The Bee|title=Virginia Sportswriters Name 16 Athletes To Hall of Fame|date=February 9, 1956|page=22|accessdate=April 9, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> At the end of the 1915 season, ''The Washington Herald'' wrote:<blockquote>Mayer is one of the greatest half backs the South has produced in years, and is universally recognized as such. He scored more touchdowns last year than any other player in the East and the second in the entire United States. His present season was not as rich in scoring as the preceeding [sic] one by some touchdowns, but in it he scored thirteen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Virginia Loses Five Grid Stars, Including Mayer and Berkeley|newspaper=The Washington Herald|date=November 26, 1915|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10109938/virginia_loses_five_grid_stars/}}</ref></blockquote>
In 1915, Mayer was selected as a first-team All-American by [[International News Service]] sports editor [[Frank G. Menke]] and Eastern football expert [[Parke H. Davis]]. He was the first player from a Southern school to be a consensus first-team All-American.<ref name=Great>{{cite news|title=Great Virginia Players|publisher=University of Virginia Cavaliers|url=http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1109333&DB_OEM_ID=17800}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Patrick Garbin|title=Bob McWhorter: 'Everybody's All-American'|publisher=Patrick Garbin|url=http://www.patrickgarbin.com/bmcwhorter.pdf}}</ref> He led Virginia to an 8-1 record in 1915, scoring five touchdowns in a 74-0 win over Richmond.<ref name=Great/> Mayer's 36 points against Richmond was the most by a UVA player in one game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2171250/the_bee/|work=The Bee|title=Virginia Sportswriters Name 16 Athletes To Hall of Fame|date=February 9, 1956|page=22|accessdate=April 9, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> At the end of the 1915 season, ''The Washington Herald'' wrote:<blockquote>Mayer is one of the greatest half backs the South has produced in years, and is universally recognized as such. He scored more touchdowns last year than any other player in the East and the second in the entire United States. His present season was not as rich in scoring as the preceeding [sic] one by some touchdowns, but in it he scored thirteen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Virginia Loses Five Grid Stars, Including Mayer and Berkeley|newspaper=The Washington Herald|date=November 26, 1915|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10109938/virginia_loses_five_grid_stars/}}</ref></blockquote>

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Buck Mayer
Mayer c. 1915
Virginia Cavaliers
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
MajorLaw
Personal information
Born:(1892-02-14)February 14, 1892
Norfolk, Virginia
Died:October 21, 1918(1918-10-21) (aged 26)
Jacksonville, Florida
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career history
CollegeVirginia (1912–1915)
Career highlights and awards

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.

Early years

Mayer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1892.[1] 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.[2][3]

University of Virginia

Football

Mayer attended the University of Virginia from 1912 to 1916. While there, he played at the halfback position for the Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915.[4] He won a spot in the starting lineup as a freshman in 1912.[5][6]

In 1915, Mayer was selected as a first-team All-American by International News Service sports editor Frank G. Menke and Eastern football expert Parke H. Davis. He was the first player from a Southern school to be a consensus first-team All-American.[4][7] He led Virginia to an 8-1 record in 1915, scoring five touchdowns in a 74-0 win over Richmond.[4] Mayer's 36 points against Richmond was the most by a UVA player in one game.[8] At the end of the 1915 season, The Washington Herald wrote:

Mayer is one of the greatest half backs the South has produced in years, and is universally recognized as such. He scored more touchdowns last year than any other player in the East and the second in the entire United States. His present season was not as rich in scoring as the preceeding [sic] one by some touchdowns, but in it he scored thirteen.[9]

During Mayer's four years as a member, the football team compiled a record of 29-6.[10] He set school records for most points scored in a game (36), most touchdowns in a season (21 in 1914), most career touchdowns (48), and career points scored (312).[11] Mayer also competed for Virginia in track and field. In addition to athletics, Mayer was an excellent student who earned a Rhodes scholarship.[12] He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1916 with a law degree.[13]

Track and field

Mayer was also a member of the track and field team. He threw the 16-pound shot put 42 feet, 3 inches, ran the 100-yard dash in 10.1 seconds, and had a career best of 22 feet, 9 inches in the broad jump.[13]

Family and later years

Mayer was married at Charleston, West Virginia, in March 1916 to Agnes Elizabeth Chilton (1896-1974). After receiving his bachelor of laws degree that year, Mayer began practicing law in Charleston.[14]

In 1918, during World War I, Mayer enlisted in a machine gun company. He died of pneumonia at Camp Johnston in Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1918.[14][15] He was 26 years old at the time of his death,[14] and was survived by his wife and one child.[15] He was buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston.[16]

References

  1. ^ Draft registration card dated June 5, 1917, for Eugene Noble Mayer, born February 14, 1892, in Norfolk, Virginia, then residing in in Charleston, West Virginia, and employed as an attorney. Registration State: West Virginia; Registration County: Kanawha; Roll: 1992382. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
  2. ^ Census entry for Eugene L. Mayer and family. Son Eugene N. Mayer born February 1892. Census Place: Norfolk Ward 2, Norfolk City, Virginia; Roll: 1735; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1241735. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
  3. ^ Census entry for Eugene L. Mayer and family. Son Eugene N. Mayer, age 18. Census Place: Norfolk Ward 3, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T624_1637; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1375650. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
  4. ^ a b c "Great Virginia Players". University of Virginia Cavaliers.
  5. ^ "Captain Todd To Alternate With Mayer At Hilltop". The Washington Times. November 13, 1912. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Virginia Coach Expects To Win". The Washington Times. November 14, 1912. p. 15.
  7. ^ Patrick Garbin. "Bob McWhorter: 'Everybody's All-American'" (PDF). Patrick Garbin.
  8. ^ "Virginia Sportswriters Name 16 Athletes To Hall of Fame". The Bee. February 9, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved April 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "Virginia Loses Five Grid Stars, Including Mayer and Berkeley". The Washington Herald. November 26, 1915. p. 11.
  10. ^ "Virginia Cavaliers School History". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  11. ^ Clay Shampoe (2005). The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, p. 48. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1776-3.
  12. ^ "untitled". The Columbus Enquirer-Sun. 1918-10-26.
  13. ^ a b "Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
  14. ^ a b c "Football Player Dead". The Washington Post. 1918-10-23.
  15. ^ a b "Virginia Obituary". The Wall Street Journal. 1918-10-24.
  16. ^ "Eugene Noble Mayer". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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