Junior Bridgeman
Personal information | |
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Born | East Chicago, Indiana |
September 17, 1953
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Washington (East Chicago, Indiana) |
College | Louisville (1972–1975) |
NBA draft | 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall |
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
Playing career | 1975–1987 |
Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
Career history | |
1975–1984 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1984–1986 | Los Angeles Clippers |
1986–1987 | Milwaukee Bucks |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 11,517 (13.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,995 (3.5 rpg) |
Assists | 2,066 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman (born September 17, 1953) is a retired American basketball player.
Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Bridgeman was a member of the 1971 East Chicago Washington High School Senators basketball team, which went undefeated (29-0) and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship. Among his teammates were his brother Sam, Pete Trgovich (who played at UCLA) and Tim Stoddard (N.C. State), who would go on to have success as a Major League Baseball pitcher.
A 6'5" guard/forward from the University of Louisville, Bridgeman was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975 and immediately traded with Brian Winters, David Meyers and Elmore Smith to the Milwaukee Bucks for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bridgeman went on to have a solid 12-year NBA career, spent mostly with the Bucks, and he scored 11,517 total points. Although he was a sixth man for most of his career, he averaged double figures in scoring for nine consecutive seasons. He played in 711 games for the Bucks, still the most in franchise history, although he started only 105 times. His #2 jersey was retired by the Bucks franchise in 1988.
Bridgeman is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[1]
Bridgeman has an estimated net worth of $400 million thanks to his franchising over 100 Wendy's restaurants.[2]
He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Profile at www.nba.com/bucks
- 1953 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- African-American businesspeople
- Basketball players at the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Los Angeles Clippers broadcasters
- Los Angeles Clippers players
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- National Basketball Association players with retired numbers
- People from East Chicago, Indiana
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from the Chicago metropolitan area