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.
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.
He was in the third class elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.