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 Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:15 pm Post subject: Former team physician Ernie Vandeweghe dies at 86 |
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I remember his son but didn't realize he was an NBA player as well
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-nba-player-ernie-vandeweghe-dies-86-194659987--nba.html
| Quote: | Former NBA player Ernie Vandeweghe dies at 86
Ernie Vandeweghe, the former New York Knicks player and father of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe and pro tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe, has died. He was 86.
The death was confirmed Sunday by the NBA through its NBA history Twitter feed and by granddaughter CoCo Vandeweghe in a Facebook post. The cause and place of death were not given.
Vandeweghe averaged 9.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 224 regular-season games for the Knicks from 1949-56. He averaged 19.1 points in in four seasons at Colgate.
Born in Montreal, Vandeweghe went to medical school while he was in the NBA. He served as a physician in the U.S. Air Force and was the Lakers' team physician when the team moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. |
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yinoma2001
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Our team doctors are dying too????
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Well he was 86 years old that's pretty good compared to most people... |
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Rook
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to volunteer at the USO at LAX. Ernie came in while waiting for CoCO's plane to land. He was a very friendly personable guy. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know how, but Vitti must be responsible for this in some way. |
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yinoma2001
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| Hector the Pup wrote: | | I don't know how, but Vitti must be responsible for this in some way. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| That's pretty beastly to go to med school while playing pro ball, albeit that was a different era. Props |
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nslander32
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| 22 wrote: | | That's pretty beastly to go to med school while playing pro ball, albeit that was a different era. Props |
And married a former Miss America, fathered an NBA All Star, a pro beach volleyball player, the captain of the US water polo team, an Olympic swimmer, and grandfather to a pro tennis player. So yeah, props. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| nslander32 wrote: | | 22 wrote: | | That's pretty beastly to go to med school while playing pro ball, albeit that was a different era. Props |
And married a former Miss America, fathered an NBA All Star, a pro beach volleyball player, the captain of the US water polo team, an Olympic swimmer, and grandfather to a pro tennis player. So yeah, props. |
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