LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)— Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71. Bridgem...
Bridgeman, a native of East Chicago, Indiana, played for Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum at Louisville. In three seasons, he scored 1,348 points, grabbed 657 rebounds and in his senior season led the Cardinals to the 1975 Final Four, where they lost to eventua...
Bridgeman was part of the foursome that owns Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. He also served on the boards of Churchill Downs racetrack, the University of Louisville and Fifth Third Bank, among others. He and his wife, Doris, hosted a Kentucky Derby party ...
According to multiple reports, the former Milwaukee Bucks player suffered a medical emergency at a hotel in Louisville during a fundraising event on March 11, 2025. He was best known for his time in the NBA, but he also made a significant impact as a businessman. NBA CommissionerAdam Silver...
An East Chicago, Indiana, native, Bridgeman played in 87 games in three seasons at Louisville from 1972-75 and owns college career averages of 15.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He was selected for consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year awards in 1974 and 1975 afte...
But as a senior Junior starred on a Washington High team that won the 1971 Indiana state championship, and Louisville offered him a basketball scholarship. In 1975, after helping the Cardinals reach that year’s Final Four and completing his degree in psychology, Bridgeman took the LSAT, such ...
Bridgeman was helping to lead his school to a 29–0 season and the 1971 Indiana state championship. The University of Louisville offered him a scholarship, and he grabbed it, helping to bring that team to a berth in the 1975 Final Four his senior year. Off the court, Bridgeman kept to ...
with the stated principles of ‘Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence.’ But, as with other organizations after the war, African Americans eventually began to form their own chapters….The black Knights of Pythias held their annual national convention in Louisville in 1925. It is estimated that mor...
The norm of the league is Junior Bridgeman. The fact he could do what he did, making, I think 300 grand was the most he made, which is not bad, but it doesn’t get you a billion.”The Lakers actually drafted Bridgeman out of Louisville with the No. 8 overall pick in 1975, but ...