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| Born | July 2, 1905 Delaware, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 4, 1957 (aged 52) Dublin, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Ostrander (Ostrander, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Ohio Wesleyan (1923–1926) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emerald Ford "Buck" Lamme (July 2, 1905 – September 4, 1957) was an American three-sport athlete: professional basketball and football, and minor league baseball.[1][2] He played collegiately at Ohio Wesleyan University, and Lamme also later spent several years coaching high school basketball.[2]
Professional careers[]
Football[]
Sachse's professional football career was just one game in the National Football League.[3] He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1931, the only season the franchise existed.[3] Lamme played the end position.[3]
Basketball[]
Lamme's basketball career spanned independent leagues, the National Professional Basketball League, Midwest Basketball Conference, and the National Basketball League (NBL) from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.[1][4] A guard, he appeared in only one NBL game, for Columbus Athletic Supply, but did not register a field goal.[1]
Baseball[]
Preceding both his professional football and basketball careers with a stint playing minor league baseball.[2] He competed for the Akron Tyrites in 1928.[5] In 28 games as a first baseman he registered a .244 batting average in 90 at-bats.[5]
Death[]
In 1957, Lamme was found dead at the foot of the O'Shaughnessy Dam in Dublin, Ohio.[2] He had jumped to his death and it was reported as suicide. He was the owner of the Brown Jug Restaurant in Delaware, Ohio, at the time of his death.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Emerald Lamme NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/l/lammeem01n.html. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Buck Lamme". Peach Basket Society. August 25, 2015. https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/08/buck-lamme.html. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Buck Lamme NFL stats". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LammBu20.htm. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Emerald Lamme Statistics". Just Sports Stats. https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=lammebu01. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Buck Lamme NFL stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lamme-001---. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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