Tex Hamer

Tex Hamer
Date of birth October 4, 1901
Place of birth Junction, Texas, United States
Date of death May 1, 1981(1981-05-01) (aged 79)
Place of death Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Career information
Position(s) Fullback
Uniform number 14 (1924)
3 (1925)
2 (1926/27)[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg)
College Penn
Career history
As player
1924–1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets
Career highlights and awards
  • NFL champion (1926)
  • 2x 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 stats

Ernest Alexander "Tex" Hamer (October 4, 1901 – May 1, 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.

College Football highlights

He played college football at University of Pennsylvania. In 1922 he was named captain of the Quakers football team.[2] 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.[3]

Pro Football highlights

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 oof 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. ↑ "Ongoing Research Project: Frankford Yellow Jackets". rci.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. ↑ "South Media Fire Company". southmediafire.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  3. ↑ "PENN ELEVEN WINS ON FORWARD PASSES - Aerial Attack by Hamer and Ertresvaag Beats Maryland, 12-0, Before 26,000. - Article - NYTimes.com". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  4. ↑ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Providence_Starts_Rolling.pdf
  5. ↑ http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Yellowjackets.htm
  6. ↑ "Hap Moran". hapmoran.org. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  7. ↑ "BoxRec - Tex Hamer". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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