Herb Maffett

Herb Maffett
No. 24, 29, 10
Position	End
Personal information
Born	(1907-03-05)March 5, 1907Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1994(1994-12-26) (aged 87)Brandon, Florida, U.S.
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Toccoa, Georgia, U.S.
College	Georgia (1928–1931);
Awards and highlights
	Third-team All-American (1930); All-Southern (1930); Georgia Bulldogs Hall of Heroes; Georgia Sports Hall of Fame;

Herbert Sidney Maffett (March 5, 1907 – December 26, 1994) was a college football player.

University of Georgia

Maffett was a prominent end and four-year starter on the Georgia Bulldogs football team.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was elected captain of the 1930 team due to the victory over Yale at the dedication of Sanford Stadium.^[1] He was selected All-Southern in 1930,^[4] and a first-team All-American by the New York Evening Post.^[5] He once described facing an angry coach Harry Mehre and how "you feel like you'd like to go off and hide in a hole."^[6] Maffett was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.^[7]^[8]

^ ^a ^b"All-Americans"(PDF). p. 177. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 14, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^"Smith: Halls of fame can miss, but not with Bullogs' Scott". December 16, 2011.
^Morris McLemore (October 8, 1954). "Familiar Face, Different Suit". The Miami News.
^"All-Southern". San Antonio Express. December 4, 1930.
^"EASTERN SCRIBE LIKES RUSSELL: Former Husker Listed All-American By New York Post". Lincoln Star. November 29, 1930.
^Michael Bradley (2006). Big Games: College Football's Greatest Rivalries. Potomac Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-59797-461-5.
^"Herbert Maffett". Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^"Athletics". Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.