Arthur Wear
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| Born | March 1, 1880 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | November 6, 1918 (aged 38) |
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Arthur Yancey Wear (March 1, 1880 – November 6, 1918) was an American tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the son of James H. Wear and the brother of Joseph Wear. In 1904 he won the bronze medal with his partner Clarence Gamble in the doubles competition.[2] He died during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France in World War I.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Wear served as a captain in the 89th Infantry Division during World War I.[4] He died of a perforated ulcer during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in November 1918.[2] He is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.[4]
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- 1880 births
- 1918 deaths
- American male tennis players
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- American military personnel killed in World War I
- Deaths from ulcers
- United States Army officers
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American tennis biography stubs