Buck Lamme

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]

Buck Lamme

Personal information
Born	(1905-07-02)July 2, 1905 Delaware, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 4, 1957(1957-09-04) (aged 52) Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Ostrander (Ostrander, Ohio)
College	Ohio Wesleyan (1923–1926)
Playing career	1928–1947
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1926–1929
Career history
As a player:
1928–1929	Newsies (OH)
1928–1929	Columbus
1928–1929	Coshocton Independents
1929–1930	Canton Orphans
1931–1933	Cleveland Penzoils
1933–1934	Coshocton Independents
1934–1935	Coshocton Buckeyes
1935–1936	Dayton Metropolitans
1936–1937	Richmar Sterling Oils
1937	Columbus Athletic Supply
1946–1947	Shea's Insurance
As a coach:
1926–1927	West HS
1927–1928	Uhrichsville HS
1928–1929	West HS
Career highlights
Second-team all-Buckeye (1926)

Professional careers

Football

Lamme'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]