Oliver deGray Vanderbilt
American basketball player
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Oliver deGray Vanderbilt, Jr. (August 23, 1884 – January 26, 1960)[1] was an All-American basketball player at Princeton University in 1904–05.[2][3] He was part of the first group of college basketball players to be honored as such. The Helms Athletic Foundation, which began in 1936, retroactively named the All-American teams from 1905 to 1935. Between 1905 and 1929, the Helms All-American teams are considered to be consensus selections.
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| Born | August 23, 1884 |
| Died | January 26, 1960 (aged 75) |
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| High school | East Orange (East Orange, New Jersey) |
| College | Princeton (1902–1906) |
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Personal life
In 1912, Vanderbilt married Madelon Emma Weir (1892–1963), a daughter of Levi Candee Weir and Mary Emma Weir (née Weibel), of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was the chairman of the Adams Express Company.[4] They had three children:
- Lefreda W. Vanderbilt (1913–1997), married firstly Philip John Schneider (1902–1985), with whom she had three children. She married secondly to Peter Folger Rhoades (1921–1997).
- Oliver DeGray Vanderbilt III (1914–2000), married Frances Montgomery Philips (1917–2000), with issue including Oliver "DeGray" Vanderbilt IV, a community activist based on Molokaʻi, Hawaii.
- Barbara Vanderbilt (1924–1980), married Warner Arms Peck Jr. (1920–1991), a radiologist and civil leader, with whom she had four children.
Vanderbilt passed away August 23, 1960 in Indian Hill, Ohio aged 75.
