Nationality American Role Basketball player Career end 1982 Name Bob Dandridge Career start 1969 | Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg) Weight 88 kg Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Height 1.98 m | |
Born November 15, 1947 (age 76)
Richmond, Virginia ( 1947-11-15 ) High school Maggie Walker
(Richmond, Virginia) College Norfolk State (1965–1969) NBA draft 1969 / Round: 4 / Pick: 45th overall Number 10 (Milwaukee Bucks / Small forward, Shooting guard), 10 (Washington Wizards / Small forward, Shooting guard) | ||
Education Norfolk State University | ||
Bob Dandridge - The Greyhound
Robert L. Dandridge (born November 15, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player.
Contents
- Bob Dandridge The Greyhound
- Bob dandridge nba debut 14pts 8reb 7a pistons at bucks 10 18 1969 full highlights
- Early years
- Basketball career
- Retirement
- References
Bob dandridge nba debut 14pts 8reb 7a pistons at bucks 10 18 1969 full highlights
Early years
Born in Richmond, Virginia, he attended Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond and Norfolk State University, teaming up with Pee Wee Kirkland. His teams had phenomenal years. The Spartans won the CIAA title in 1968 with a 25-2 record; they lost in the second round of the NCAA Division II Men's Tournament. The next year their record was 21-4 and they lost in the first round of the D-II tournament. He was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1969 American Basketball Association draft and by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1969 NBA draft.
Basketball career
Named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1970, Dandridge was also an important part of the Milwaukee Bucks team that won the NBA championship in 1971 alongside the Hall-of-Fame duo of Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Oscar Robertson. Dandridge is usually mentioned as one of the NBA's best forwards in the 1970s. He played a total of 13 seasons in the NBA, nine of them with the Bucks as well as four with the Washington Bullets, with whom he won an NBA championship in 1978 while forming the frontcourt with another future Hall-of-Fame duo: Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld.
In his career, he averaged 18.5 points per game over 839 regular season games and 20 points per game in 98 playoff games and was a 4-time NBA all star. His dunk in Game 7 of the 1978 Finals sealed the Bullets championship victory.
In 1992, Dandridge was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Retirement
After retiring as a player, Dandridge served as an assistant coach at Hampton University from 1987 to 1992. Today, he lives in Norfolk, Virginia and conducts basketball clinics.