# Armin Mahrt

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{{Short description|American football player (1897–1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Armin Mahrt
| image       =
| image_size  = 
| caption     = 
| birth_date  = {{birth_date|1897|11|09}}
| birth_place = [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1961|5|7|1897|11|9}}
| death_place = [Stearns County, Minnesota](/source/Stearns_County%2C_Minnesota), U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lbs  = 175
| position    = [Tailback](/source/Halfback_(American_football)), [quarterback](/source/quarterback), [halfback](/source/Halfback_(American_football))
| college     = [University of Dayton](/source/University_of_Dayton), [West Virginia University](/source/West_Virginia_University)
| pfr         = MahrAr20
| teams       =
*[Dayton Triangles](/source/Dayton_Triangles) (1924–1925)
*[Pottsville Maroons](/source/Pottsville_Maroons) (1925)
*Dayton Triangles (1926) 
}}

'''Armin Richard Mahrt''' (November 9, 1897 – May 7, 1961) was an American [football](/source/American_football) player from [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio). He played during the early years of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) for the [Dayton Triangles](/source/Dayton_Triangles) and the [Pottsville Maroons](/source/Pottsville_Maroons) over the course of his three-year career. Mahrt made his  NFL debut in 1924 with the Triangles. In 1925 Mahrt played on the Maroons team that won the 1925 NFL Championship, [before it was stripped from the team due to a disputed rules violation](/source/1925_NFL_Championship_controversy).

Mahrt attended and played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [University of Dayton](/source/University_of_Dayton) and [West Virginia University](/source/West_Virginia_University). In 1922 a drop kick by Mahrt gave West Virginia a 9–6 victory over rival [Pitt](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) in the teams' annual [Backyard Brawl](/source/Backyard_Brawl).<ref>http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8859416/101-historic-Backyard-Brawl-moments- {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> His greatest college game for the Mountaineers took place on October 7, 1922, against [Marietta College](/source/Marietta_College), when Mahrt scored 24 points on 4 four touchdowns and rushed for 213 yards on 10 carries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvustats.com/football/player.php?team_id%3D308%26person_id%3D1171 |title=Armin Mahrt |access-date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614015749/http://www.wvustats.com/football/player.php?team_id=308&person_id=1171 |archivedate=2009-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MahrAr20.htm|title=Armin Mahrt Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com|author=|date=|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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{{1925 Pottsville Maroons}}

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Category:1897 births
Category:Dayton Flyers football players
Category:Dayton Triangles players
Category:Players of American football from Dayton, Ohio
Category:Pottsville Maroons players
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football players
Category:1961 deaths
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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