Reginald Weir
African American tennis player
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| Intro | African American tennis player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete Tennis player Physician | |
| Work field | Healthcare Sports | |
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| Birth | 30 September 1911 | |
| Death | 21 August 1987Fair Lawn (aged 75 years) |
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Reginald Storum Weir (30 September 1911 - 22 August 1987) was an African-American tennis player and physician. 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. 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.
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He was born on September 30, 1911 in Washington, D.C. A resident of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, he died there on August 22, 1987.