Her brother, Mel Hutchins, later became a basketball player for the Milwaukee Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons, and New York Knicks.
[1][2] Hutchins met future husband Ernie Vandeweghe at a New York Knicks basketball game at Madison Square Garden after a friend introduced her to the team's forward.
[3] The couple married in May 1953,[3] and had four children: son, Kiki, a professional basketball player and executive; daughter, Tauna, an Olympic swimmer, son, Bruk; and daughter, Heather.
[4] Hutchins is also the grandmother of professional tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe, daughter of Tauna.
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