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Birtie Maher
Gilbert
Thomas
"Birtie"
Maher
was an
American
player
of
American football
.
Maher was
born
in
1892
to
Irish
immigrant
parents
in the
Corktown
neighborhood
of
Detroit
. He played
college football
for the
University of Detroit
as its
star
halfback
in
1913
, and for the
Detroit Heralds
starting
in
1911
. When the
Heralds
joined
the new
National Football League
in 1920, Maher was a member of Detroit's first
NFL team
.