Family
On November 1, 1986, she married former Los Angeles Dodger Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale, and took the name Ann Meyers Drysdale. It was the first time that a married couple were members of their respective sports' Halls of Fame. Meyers and Drysdale had three children together: Don Jr. "D.J." (son), Darren (son), and Drew (daughter).
She was widowed on July 3, 1993 when Drysdale died of a heart attack in Montreal, Canada.
Meyers is the sister of former NBA player Dave Meyers, who also played college basketball at UCLA, under legendary coach John Wooden. He played four seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks after being one of four players traded from the Los Angeles Lakers (who had selected him in the first round of the 1975 NBA Draft) for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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