Ernie Vandeweghe (born 1928), former basketball player for the New York Knicks
Dr. Vandeweghe has also served as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and served on the Olympic Sports Commission under President Gerald Ford, where he assisted with development of two key pieces of sports legislation--Title IX and the 1976 Amateur Athletic Act.
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In addition, he had two other children who were world-class athletes; his daughter Tauna won a U.S. national swimming championship in the backstroke (and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics), and his son Bruk medalled in beach volleyball in the 1994 Goodwill Games.
Vandewghe is the sister of professional basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe, and the daughter of professional basketball player Ernie Vandeweghe and Colleen Kay Hutchins, the 1952 Miss America.
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