Eugene Mayer
Mayer c. 1915
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| Virginia Cavaliers | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Law |
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| College | Virginia (1912–1915) |
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| Date of birth | February 14, 1892 |
| Place of birth | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Date of death | October 21, 1918 (aged 26) |
| Place of death | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
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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.
Mayer attended the University of Virginia from 1911 to 1916. While there, he played at the halfback position for the Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1912 to 1915. He won a spot in the starting lineup and impressed sports writers in 1912.
After indicating that he may not return to the University of Virginia in 1913, he was persuaded to do so in September 1913. Mayer and Bob McWhorter were deemed "the class of the backfield men of the south" during the 1913 season.
In 1914, Mayer was one of the leading scorers in the country with 121 points scored (19 touchdowns and five extra points) and led the team to an 8-1 record with its only loss coming to Yale. On October 24, 1914, scored 26 points (four touchdowns and two extra points) in Virginia's 28-0 victory over Georgia. At the end of the 1914 season, he was named to the All-Southern team by Dick Jemison and W. A. Lambeth.
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