# Arthur Wear
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{{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](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri), United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|11|6|1880|3|1}}
| death_place = [Argonne Forest](/source/Forest_of_Argonne), [France](/source/France)
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [Tennis](/source/Tennis_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }}
{{MedalBronze| [1904 St. Louis](/source/1904_Summer_Olympics) | [Doubles](/source/Tennis_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles)}}
}}
'''Arthur Yancey Wear''' (March 1, 1880 – November 6, 1918) was an American [tennis](/source/tennis) player who competed in the [1904 Summer Olympics](/source/1904_Summer_Olympics).[{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2800 |title=Arthur Wear |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 22, 2021}}] He was the son of James H. Wear and the brother of [Joseph Wear](/source/Joseph_Wear). In 1904 he won the bronze medal with his partner [Clarence Gamble](/source/Clarence_Gamble_(tennis_player)) in the doubles competition.[{{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}}] He died during the [Meuse-Argonne Offensive](/source/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive) in France in [World War I](/source/World_War_I).[{{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}}]
==Personal life==
Wear served as a captain in the [89th Infantry Division](/source/89th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) during World War I.[{{cite web |title=Arthur Y. Wear |url=https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wear%3Darthur |publisher=[American Battle Monuments Commission](/source/American_Battle_Monuments_Commission) |accessdate=21 May 2020}}] He died of a [perforated ulcer](/source/perforated_ulcer) during the [Meuse-Argonne Offensive](/source/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive) in November 1918.