Nationality English Role Basketball Player Position Shooting guard Name Andrew Bridge College Leeds Beckett University | Listed weight 86.36 kg (190 lb) Weight 86 kg Listed height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Height 1.93 m Pro career 2000 | |
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League British Basketball League Born 5 October 1979 (age 44)
Chesterfield, England ( 1979-10-05 ) | ||
Andrew Bridge (born 5 October 1979 in Chesterfield, England) is a current British Professional Basketball player. Bridge is a 6 ft 4 in Shooting Guard, who currently plays for Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League. Bridge is the current captain of Newcastle Eagles
Biography
The 6 ft 3in shooting guard started his career with Mansfield Express in 1999 in the English Basketball League, before stepping up to Professional Basketball with the Sheffield Sharks in 2000. In 2002, the England and Great Britain International moved further North to play for the Newcastle Eagles.
Andrew was part of the Bronze Medal winning England Basketball Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia and completed a successful season with the Newcastle Eagles "clean sweep" of Championships in 2006.
"A shooting guard, he can also handle the ball competently and is best known for his solid defence and smart basketball brain. A real all-rounder and rapidly becoming the glue that helps hold the team together".
As of 27 March 2011 the official British Basketball League website shows Bridge has played 324 games, with averages of 7.47 Points Per Game, 2.97 Rebounds Per Game and 0.97 Assists Per Game.