Reginald Weir

Reginald Storum Weir (30 September 1911 - 22 August 1987) was an African-American tennis player and physician.[1][2] He was captain of the City College of New York men's tennis team and was ATA national champion in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, and 1942.[1] His appearance in the formerly all-white United States Lawn Tennis Association's (USLTA) national indoor tournament in 1948 was a monumental landmark in US black sporting history.[3][4]

Biography

He was born on September 30, 1911 in Washington, D.C. A resident of Fair Lawn, New Jersey,[5] he died there on August 22, 1987.

References

  1. 1 2 Kirsch, George B.; Harris, Othello; Nolte, Claire Elaine (April 30, 2000). Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-313-29911-7. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Andrews, David L.; Jackson, Steven J. (2001). Sport Stars: The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-415-22119-1. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ Edelson, Paula (January 1, 2002). A to Z of American Women in Sports. Infobase Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4381-0789-9. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Jr., Robert L. Harris,; Terborg-Penn, Professor Rosalyn (October 6, 2008). The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-231-13811-6. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "Ball Beats Bonner in Final Of Jersey Senior Tennis", The New York Times, August 3, 1964. Accessed May 10, 2016. "Ball and Dr. Reginald Weir of Fair Lawn, N. J., took the doubles title by default from Bonner and Robert Biddle of Philadelphia."
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