Arthur Wear

{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Arthur Wear | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|3|1}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1918|11|6|1880|3|1}} | death_place = Argonne Forest, France | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Tennis}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze| 1904 St. Louis | Doubles}} }}

'''Arthur Yancey Wear''' (March 1, 1880 – November 6, 1918) was an American tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2800 |title=Arthur Wear |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> He was the son of James H. Wear and the brother of Joseph Wear. In 1904 he won the bronze medal with his partner Clarence Gamble in the doubles competition.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/arthur-wear-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/arthur-wear-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Arthur Wear Olympic Results |accessdate=2014-01-29 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He died during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France in World War I.<ref name="sports-reference" /><ref name="WWI">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>

==Personal life== Wear served as a captain in the 89th Infantry Division during World War I.<ref name="ABMC">{{cite web |title=Arthur Y. Wear |url=https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wear%3Darthur |publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission |accessdate=21 May 2020}}</ref> He died of a perforated ulcer during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in November 1918.<ref name="sports-reference" /> He is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.<ref name="ABMC" />

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==External links== * {{sports-reference|we/arthur-wear-1}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121007222534/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WEARART01 profile] *{{sports links}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wear, Arthur}} Category:1880 births Category:1918 deaths Category:American male tennis players Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in tennis Category:Tennis players at the 1904 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Category:American military personnel killed in World War I Category:Deaths from ulcers Category:United States Army officers Category:United States Army personnel of World War I Category:20th-century American sportsmen