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Pie Weaver

Lamar "Pie" Weaver was an American basketball player for the Atlanta Athletic Club, "one of the best known basketball players in the South." He served in World War I, and continued his career in the army until his death. Weaver played on the Southern champion 1914 A. A. C. team coached by Joe Bean. Weaver was a so-called stationary guard. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Pie Weaver
Personal information
Born(1892-09-09)September 9, 1892
Atlanta, Georgia, US
DiedJanuary 9, 1943(1943-01-09) (aged 50)
San Antonio, Texas, US
PositionGuard
Career history
1911–1916Atlanta Athletic Club
Career highlights
  • Second-team All-Southern (1914)

Lamar "Pie" Weaver (September 9, 1892 – January 9, 1943) was an American basketball player for the Atlanta Athletic Club, "one of the best known basketball players in the South."123 He served in World War I, and continued his career in the army until his death.4 Weaver played on the Southern champion 1914 A. A. C. team coached by Joe Bean.5 Weaver was a so-called stationary guard.5 He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.6

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References

  1. ""Pie" Weaver Enlisted In New National Aviation Corps". Americus times-recorder. April 17, 1917. p. 8.
  2. A Sports Editors Finds Christ by Morgan Blake p. 30
  3. "Pie Weaver Cables He's Safe And Well". Atlanta Georgian. October 3, 1918. p. 1.
  4. Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events : Years of Change and Challenge, 1940-1976
  5. "Pie Weaver, Old A. A. C. Star, Goes To Reward In San Antonio". Atlanta Constitution. January 12, 1943. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Burial detail: Weaver, Lamar". ANC Explorer. Retrieved May 17, 2025.