Stanley Lee "Whitey" Von Nieda Jr. (June 19, 1922 – September 6, 2023) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

[1] Von Nieda played basketball at Ephrata High School and Penn State University.

Enlisting in the army during World War II, he played with the paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia.

[citation needed] In 1947, he began playing for the Tri-Cities BlackHawks in the National Basketball League (NBL).

[3] On March 27, 1978, he was activated as a player and placed in the starting line-up for a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers that was billed as "Nostalgia Night".