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Ernest Alexander "Tex" Hamer (October 4, 1901 – May 9, 1981) was a professional football player for the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1924 until 1927. Hamer won the 1926 NFL championship with the Yellow Jackets.

Tex Hamer
No. 14, 3, 2
Position:Fullback
Personal information
Born:(1901-10-04)October 4, 1901
Junction, Texas, United States
Died:May 9, 1981(1981-05-09) (aged 79)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:San Antonio (TX) Military Academy
College:Penn
Career history
  • Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924–1927)
Career highlights and awards
  • NFL champion (1926)
  • 2× GB Press-Gazette: 2nd team all-NFL (1924, 1925)
  • Colliers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL (1924)
  • Colliers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL (1925)
  • Chicago Tribune: 2nd team all-NFL (1926)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

College Football highlights


He played college football at University of Pennsylvania. In 1922 he was named captain of the Quakers football team.[1] On October 15, 1922, Hamer threw two touchdown passes to Carl Ertresvaag resulting in a 12-0 Quakers win over the University of Maryland, College Park.[2]


Pro Football


Hamer played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1924-1926 and finished with 19 rushing TDs, including 12 in 1924.[3]

In 1924 against the Providence Steamroller, Hamer threw an 18-yard pass to Les Haws for a touchdown for a 21-10 Yellow Jackets win. In a rematch of the two teams Hamer scored off of a short run in the third quarter, then ran for a 35-yard touchdown run in the final period to clinch a 16-3 win.[4] On Thanksgiving Day 1926, Hamer scored a touchdown on the Yellow Jackets’ first possession against the Green Bay Packers for a 20-14 Frankford win[5] In 1926, Hamer kicked an extra point to give the Jackets a 7-6 win over the Detroit Panthers.[6]


Boxing


He was also a professional boxer winning 4 matches (3 by knockout) while losing 3 matches (all by knockout).[7]


Notes


  1. "South Media Fire Company". southmediafire.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. "PENN ELEVEN WINS ON FORWARD PASSES - Aerial Attack by Hamer and Ertresvaag Beats Maryland, 12-0, Before 26,000. - Article - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 15 October 1922. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  3. "Tex Hamer Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2009-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2009-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Hap Moran". hapmoran.org. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  7. "BoxRec - Tex Hamer". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.



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Ernest Alexander „Tex“ Hamer (* 4. Oktober 1901 in Junction, Texas; † 1. Mai 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler in der National Football League (NFL). Er spielte als Fullback bei den Frankford Yellow Jackets.
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