Herb Maffett

Herb Maffett
Georgia Bulldogs – No. 24; 29; 10
Position	End
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	March 5, 1907; Atlanta, Georgia
Died:	December 26, 1994 (aged 87); Brandon, Florida
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia (1928–1931);
High school	Toccoa, Georgia
Career highlights and awards
	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 9781597974615.
^ "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.