Paul Stanford "Buddy" Dear (December 1, 1905 – August 29, 1989) was a Major League Baseball player who played in two games for the Washington Senators in 1927. He was used as a pinch runner and second baseman. He was a star two-sport athlete at Virginia Tech in the mid-1920s. During his junior year in 1926 he came close to hitting .400 before breaking his leg in a late season game.^[1] As a senior, he led the Hokie baseball team to a perfect 8–0 record against other Virginia collegiate teams and an overall mark of 11–4.^[1] He was in the third class elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.^[1] He was a native of Norfolk, VA.^[1]