# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-vandeweghe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:22:32.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-vandeweghe"
name: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
slug: "ernie-vandeweghe"
description: "Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was a Canadian professional basketball player. Vandeweghe was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family."
tagline: "Canadian-born American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Vandeweghe_Colgate.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1928-09-12"
deathDate: "2014-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             5.116780908860117
  historical:           7.719802666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "إيرني فانديفيغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "ايرنى فانديفيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Vandeweghe"
    title: "Ernie Vandeweghe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%AF%DB%92"
    title: "ایرنی وینڈویگے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump