# Pie Weaver

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{{Short description|American basketball player (1892–1943)}}
{{Infobox basketball player
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|9|9}}
| birth_place = [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), US
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|1|9|1892|9|9}}
| death_place = [San Antonio, Texas](/source/San_Antonio%2C_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](/source/basketball) player for the [Atlanta Athletic Club](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> Weaver was a so-called [stationary guard](/source/Basketball_positions).<ref name=":0" /> He is buried at [Arlington National Cemetery](/source/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
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Category:Basketball players from Atlanta
Category:Guards (basketball)
Category:United States Army personnel of World War I

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