# Reginald Weir

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**Reginald Storum Weir** also known as **Reggie Weir** (September 30, 1911 – August 22, 1987) was an American tennis player and physician.[2][3] He was active from 1931 to 1973 and won 6 career titles, 5 of which came at the [ATA National Championships](/source/ATA_National_Championships) (1931–33, 1937, 1942).[1]

## Tennis career

Weir was captain of the [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York) men's tennis team. After graduating from CCNY in 1931, he was [American Tennis Association](/source/American_Tennis_Association) (ATA) national champion in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, and 1942.[2]

With the support of the [NAACP](/source/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People), Weir and a partner originally attempted to play at a [United States Lawn Tennis Association](/source/United_States_Lawn_Tennis_Association)'s (USLTA)-sponsored indoor tournament in 1929, but they were turned away when organizers realized he was African-American.[4] Later, in 1948, he successfully gained entrance to the USLTA's [National Indoor Tournament](/source/U.S._National_Indoor_Tennis_Championships) in New York, becoming the first African-American man to play at a USLTA event.[5][6] He won his first-round game on March 11, 1948,[7] but did not advance further. His entrance to the tournament was the result of several years of lobbying by the ATA, and paved the way for [Althea Gibson](/source/Althea_Gibson) to be accepted and advance to the quarterfinals the following year.[8]

## Outside of tennis

Weir was born on September 30, 1911, in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington,_D.C.), to parents, [Felix Weir](/source/Felix_Weir), American violinist and educator, and Ethel Storum Weir. A resident of [Fair Lawn, New Jersey](/source/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey), he died there on August 22, 1987.[4] Weir was a graduate of the medical school of [New York University](/source/New_York_University) and practiced family medicine from 1935 to 1985.[4]

## References

1. ["Players: Weir, Reginald Storum"](https://thetennisbase.com/players/). *The Tennis Base*. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

1. Kirsch, George B.; Harris, Othello; Nolte, Claire Elaine (April 30, 2000). [*Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xdV_JV1fbZMC&pg=PA28). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-313-29911-7. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

1. Andrews, David L. & Jackson, Steven J. (2001). [*Sport Stars: The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Kvj92GnMfDsC&pg=PA88). Taylor & Francis Group. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-415-22119-1. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

1. Wiggins, David K. (2015-03-26). [*African Americans in Sports*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rYCsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT978). Routledge. ISBN 9781317477433.

1. Edelson, Paula (January 1, 2002). [*A to Z of American Women in Sports*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7v7qX-cooooC&pg=PA90). Infobase Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4381-0789-9. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

1. Harris, Robert L. Jr. & Terborg-Penn, Professor Rosalyn (October 6, 2008). [*The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6yuwT54mA0C&pg=PA141). Columbia University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-231-13811-6. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

1. Grasso, John (2011-09-16). [*Historical Dictionary of Tennis*](https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PR19). Scarecrow Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780810872370.

1. Lansbury, Jennifer H. (2014-04-01). [*A Spectacular Leap: Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century America*](https://books.google.com/books?id=JC4EAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT105). University of Arkansas Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781610755429.

## External links

- [Part 1: Fair Lawn's forgotten tennis champ](https://open.substack.com/pub/radburn/p/part-1-fair-lawns-forgotten-tennis?r=24unq8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) at Radburn: The Town for the Motor Age
- [Part 2: Tennis' unheralded black pioneer](https://open.substack.com/pub/radburn/p/part-2-tennis-unheralded-black-pioneer?r=24unq8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) at Radburn: The Town for the Motor Age

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