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.