| Buck Lamme | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Delaware, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ohio, U.S. |
| High School: | Ostrander (Ostrander, Ohio) |
| College: | Ohio Wesleyan (1923–1926) |
| Career Start: | 1928 |
| Career End: | 1947 |
| Career Position: | Guard |
| Coach Start: | 1926 |
| Coach End: | 1929 |
| Years1: | 1928–1929 |
| Team1: | Newsies (OH) |
| Years2: | 1928–1929 |
| Team2: | Columbus |
| Years3: | 1928–1929 |
| Team3: | Coshocton Independents |
| Years4: | 1929–1930 |
| Team4: | Canton Orphans |
| Years5: | 1931–1933 |
| Team5: | Cleveland Penzoils |
| Years6: | 1933–1934 |
| Team6: | Coshocton Independents |
| Years7: | 1934–1935 |
| Team7: | Coshocton Buckeyes |
| Years8: | 1935–1936 |
| Team8: | Dayton Metropolitans |
| Years9: | 1936–1937 |
| Team9: | Richmar Sterling Oils |
| Years10: | 1937 |
| Team10: | Columbus Athletic Supply |
| Years11: | 1946–1947 |
| Team11: | Shea's Insurance |
| Cyears1: | 1926–1927 |
| Cteam1: | West HS |
| Cyears2: | 1927–1928 |
| Cteam2: | Uhrichsville HS |
| Cyears3: | 1928–1929 |
| Cteam3: | West HS |
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]