Pie Weaver

{{Short description|American basketball player (1892–1943)}} {{Infobox basketball player | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|9|9}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|1|9|1892|9|9}} | death_place = San Antonio, Texas, US | years1 = 1911–1916 | team1 = Atlanta Athletic Club | position = Guard | awards = *Second-team All-Southern (1914) }}

'''Lamar''' "'''Pie'''" '''Weaver''' (September 9, 1892 {{En dash}} January 9, 1943) was an American basketball player for the Atlanta Athletic Club, "one of the best known basketball players in the South."<ref>{{cite news |date=April 17, 1917 |title="Pie" Weaver Enlisted In New National Aviation Corps |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053204/1917-04-17/ed-1/seq-8/print/image_633x817_from_268,2409_to_2415,5178 |work=Americus times-recorder |page=8}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Sports_Editor_Finds_Christ/6pBUAAAAYAAJ A Sports Editors Finds Christ] by Morgan Blake p. 30</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1918-10-03/ed-9/seq-1/print/image_665x817_from_0,3205_to_2080,5759/|title=Pie Weaver Cables He's Safe And Well|date=October 3, 1918|page=1|work=Atlanta Georgian}}</ref> He served in World War I, and continued his career in the army until his death.<ref>Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events : Years of Change and Challenge, 1940-1976</ref> Weaver played on the Southern champion 1914 A. A. C. team coached by Joe Bean.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=January 12, 1943 |title=Pie Weaver, Old A. A. C. Star, Goes To Reward In San Antonio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/60460997/ |work=Atlanta Constitution |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Weaver was a so-called stationary guard.<ref name=":0" /> He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZ3ZWF2ZXISBWxhbWFy/ | accessdate = May 17, 2025 | website = ANC Explorer | title = Burial detail: Weaver, Lamar }}</ref>

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Category:1892 births Category:1943 deaths Category:Basketball players from Atlanta Category:Guards (basketball) Category:United States Army personnel of World War I